Economic Issues Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

define and translate the term economics

A

= a branch of science that studies production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. it evaluates the welfare of citizens and consumers
ekonomska veda

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

translate ‘production’

A

prozivodnja

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

translate ‘distribution’

A

porazdelitev

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

translate ‘consumption’

A

poraba

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

translate ‘welfare’

A

blaginja

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

tr ‘economic factors’

A

gospodarski dejavniki

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

tr ‘national income’

A

nacionalni dogodek

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

tr ‘foreign trade’

A

zunanja trgovina

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

tr ‘national productivity’

A

nacionalna produktivnost

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

tr ‘gross domestic product’

A

bruto domači proizvod

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

tr ‘gross national product’

A

bruto nacionalni proizvod

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

tr ‘consumer price index (CPI)’

A

indeks rasti cen življenskih stroškov

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

tr ‘retail price index (RPI)’

A

indeks rasti maloprodajnih cen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

tr ‘foreign direct investment (FDI)’

A

neposredne tuje investicije

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

tr ‘national output’

A

nacionalni proizvod

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

tr ‘allocation’

A

dodelitev

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

tr ‘supply and demand’

A

ponudba in povpraševanje

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

tr ‘utility’

A

koristnost, uporabnost

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

tr ‘living standard’

A

življenski strandard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

tr ‘socioeconomic class’

A

socialno-ekonomski standard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

tr metrics

A

meritve

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

tr housing

A

nastanitev

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

tr utilities

A

komunalne storitve

24
Q

tr class disparity

A

razredno neskladje

25
Q

tr access to healthcare

A

dostop do zdravstvenega varstva

26
Q

tr life expectancy

A

pričakovana življenjska doba

27
Q

tr incidence

A

pojavnost

28
Q

tr infrastructure

A

pogostost, stopnja

29
Q

def commodity exchange

A

= market for commodities (e.g., tobacco, cattle, cotton, gold, oil)

30
Q

difference between monetary and fiscal policies

A

monetary: central banks (interest rates)
fiscal: governments (taxes)

31
Q

def toxic assets

A

= dangerous and very risky assets

32
Q

def national income

A

the monetary value of national output

33
Q

def unemployment rate

A

the number of people from the available labour force who are unable to find work

34
Q

def inflation rate

A

the rate at which prices rise

35
Q

def gdp

A

the country’s income within a country’s borders

36
Q

def gnp

A

the country’s income including foreign investments

37
Q

def cpi

A

measure of inflation, which includes housing costs and mortgage interest payments

38
Q

def rpi

A

index of current retail prices of a basket of goods and services

39
Q

def national output

A

the total amount of goods and services a country produces

40
Q

stability antonym

A

instability

41
Q

to plunge antonym

A

to climb

42
Q

payment antonym

A

default on payment

43
Q

peak antonym

A

trough

44
Q

small-scale antonym

A

large-scale

45
Q

recession antonym

A

expansion

46
Q

domestic antonym

A

foreign

47
Q

surplus antonym

A

deficit

48
Q

emu meaning

A

economic and monetary union

49
Q

agr meanign

A

annual growth rate

50
Q

tr scarcity of resources

A

pomanjkanje virov

51
Q

tr availability of labour

A

razpoložljivost delovne sile

52
Q

tr availability of resources

A

razpoložljivost virov

53
Q

tr perfect competition

A

popolna konkurenca

54
Q

tr public tender

A

javni razpis

55
Q

tr javna poraba

A

public spending

56
Q

tr razcvet / konjuktura

A

boom

57
Q

tr prag revščine

A

poverty line