18 Economic Policy Flashcards
Monetary policy
Economic policy in which government regulates the economy by manipulating interest rates to control the money supply, policies designed to manipulate the supply of money and access to credit
Measures of economic performance
Consumer price index (CPI)
Income inequality
gross domestic policy (GDP)
More or less how much consumers are paying for goods overtime.
CPI
Consumer price index
Gap b/t most after tax amount of money to spend in those with the least.
Income inequality
The value of all goods and services produced by an economy in a specific time.
GDP
Gross domestic policy
Fiscal policy
Economic policy in which government regulates the economy through its powers to tax and spend
Fiscal policy
Economic policy in which government regulates the economy through its powers to tax and spend
Monetary policy
economic policy in which government regulates the economy by manipulating interest rates to control the money supply
Measures of economic performance
- Consumer Price Index, shows how much more or less consumers are paying for goods over time
- Income inequality, measures the gap between those with the most after tax amount of money to spend and those with the least
- Gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced by an economy in a specific period of time