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Circular Flow
100

What are households?

People or families who make economic decisions.

100

What are businesses (or firms)?

Organisations that produce goods and services for profit.

100

What are financial institutions?

The sector that manages money in the economy.

100

What is the circular flow of income?

The model showing how money, goods and services move through the economy.

200

What is labour?

Households provide this to businesses.

200

What are wages?

Businesses pay this to workers.

200

What are share brokers?


Examples include banks, insurance companies and these.

200

What is the circular flow of income?

Money flowing from households to businesses is called this.

300

What are savings?

Households put money into banks as this.

300

What is borrowing money (taking out loans)?

Businesses may do this to expand operations.

300

Who are savers and borrowers?

Financial institutions connect these two groups.

300

Who are households?


Goods and services flow from businesses to these people.

400

What are taxes?

Besides spending, households also pay these to government.

400

What are land, labour, capital, and enterprise?

One effect if businesses cannot borrow money.

400

What is the interest margin?


Banks earn profit from the difference between loan and savings rates, called this.

400

What are loans (investment funds)?

In the 3-sector model, financial institutions provide these to businesses.

500

What is investment capital/loan funds?

If nobody saved money, businesses

500

What are land, labour, capital, and enterprise?

The four factors of production named in the lesson.

500

Jack deposits $10,000 at 5% and Sasha borrows $10,000 at 10%. The bank earns this amount

What is $500?

500

Explain the full path of money when a household saves.


Households save money → Financial institutions collect savings → Financial institutions lend money to businesses → Businesses invest and grow → Businesses pay wages → Households earn income and spend again.