Vocabulary

4. state of the economy with high unemployment, severely depressed real GDP, and general economic hardship
5. to trade a good or service for another good or service
7. aid given to the poor in the form of money or necessities
8. metallic form of money such as a penny
9. a long-term increase in the general level of prices
12. a sole provider for a good or service
13. economic side effect that affects an uninvolved third party
15. law legislation to prevent new monopolies from forming and preserve and promote competition

1. a combination of two or more companies to form a single business
2. a period of declining economic activity lasting six or more months
3. money, both coins and paper bills
4. to give out; to deliver
6. the money that customers put into a financial institution
10. a sum of money
11. programs that require welfare recipients to exchange some of their labor in return for benefits
14. action that causes an unsafe product to be removed from store shelves