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Recession

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Two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth

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Economic Growth

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The change in the general level of economic activity

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Aggregate Expenditures

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The Total amount of expenditures in the economy

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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The total market value of all final products and services produced in the US

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Frictional Unemployment

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People who are between jobs

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Seasonal Unemployment

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People whose services are not needed during some seasons

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Cyclical Unemployment

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People who are unemployed because of poor economic conditions

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Structural unemployment

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People who are unemployed because they do not have adequate skills

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Inflation

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The increase in the general level of prices of products and services over a specified period of time

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Cost-push inflation

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The situation when higher prices charged by firms are caused by higher costs

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Demand-pull inflations

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The situation when prices of products and services are pulled up because of strong consumer demand

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Demand schedule

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A schedule that indicates the quantity of a product that would be demanded at each possible price

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Supply schedule

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A schedule that indicates the quantity of a product that would be supplied (produced) by firms at each possible price

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Surplus

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The situation when the quantity supplied by firms exceeds the quantity demanded by customers

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Shortage

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The situation when the quantity supplied by firms is less that the quantity demanded by customers

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Equilibrium price

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The price at which the quantity of a product supplied by firms equals the quantity of the product demanded by customers

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Money supply

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Demand deposits (checking accounts), currency held by the public, and traveler’s checks

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Federal Reserve System

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The central bank of the US

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Monetary policy

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Decisions on the money supply level in the US

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Fiscal policy

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Decisions on how the federal government should set tax rates and spend money

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Excise taxes

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Taxes imposed by the federal government on particular products

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Federal budget deficit

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The situation when the amount of federal government spending exceeds the amount of federal taxes and other revenue received by the federal government

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