Across
- 3. keep changing and becoming higher and lower again and again
- 6. A lot of people are in ___ and have problems getting a mortgage to buy their first home. (=poor; have a lot of loans)
- 8. an amount of money that you borrow from a bank
- 9. People’s income has gone up, but inflation is high, so the ___ of living has also risen. (=price)
- 10. House prices are rising, and people can't ___ to buy a home. (=don’t have enough money)
- 12. a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc. in a country than usual
- 14. We live in a consumer ___, which is dominated by spending money on material possessions. (=group of people)
- 15. A lot of small businesses ___ bankrupt during the recession. (=became unable to pay what they owed)
Down
- 1. the system or type of money that a country uses
- 2. The ___ of living in many European countries is lower than it was ten years ago. (=level, quality)
- 4. someone who buys and uses products and services
- 5. the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments
- 7. Our currency is unstable and ___ rates fluctuate a lot. (=the value of the currency)
- 11. People who have loans have to pay high interest ___. (=percentage)
- 13. a continuing increase in prices, or the rate at which prices increase