Dictionary
Is it real or not?
Looking for a job?
Sharing is caring
Odd man out
100

The total value of all of the goods and services produced in the economy during a given year.


What is GDP?



100

The total value of all final goods and services produced in the economy during a given year, calculated using the prices of a selected base year in order to remove the effects of price changes.


What is real GDP?



100

Non-working people who are capable of working but have given up looking for a job due to the state of the job market, they would like to be employed and have looked for a job in the recent past but are not currently looking for work


What are discouraged workers?



100

Public borrowing and public savings

What are things shared by the government and the financial sector?

100

Consumption, investment, government spending, net exports and taxes. 

What are taxes?

(Things that are considered in the GDP)


200

People are actively looking for work but aren't currently employed


Whats the definition of Unemployment?


200

Total value of all final goods and services produced in the economy during a given year, calculated with the prices current in the year in which the output is produced.


What is Nominal GDP?



200

The component of overall unemployment that results directly from cycles of economic upturn and downturn.


What is Cyclical unemployment?



200

Revenues & goods and services. 

What are things shared my firms and product markets?

200

Consumer spending, private borrowing, labor, and inflation. 

What is inflation?

(Things in the circular flow diagram)

300

The benefit households offer to the resource market


What is Revenue?



300

Measures the reduction in the value of all of the goods and services produced in an economy when inflation is taken into account.


What is the GDP deflator?



300

The rate that arises from the effects of frictional plus structural unemployment.



What is the natural rate of unemployment?


300

Labor and income.

What are things shared by households and resource market?

300

Buying a new home, importing a robot from Japan to set up a factory, repairing the street, getting a portrait made during WWII. 

What is the portrait?

(Things that are accounted for in the GDP)

400

Mismatch between job seekers and types of jobs available


What is structural unemployment?



400

In Fruitland they produced 300 apples, 400 bananas and 100 oranges. In 2008 their prices were $1,$2 and $3 respectively. In 2009, all items cost $4. What is nominal GDP?

What is $3,200?

400

When does the unemployment rate always rise?


What is the recession of an economic cycle?

400

non market transactions, intermediate goods and services, inputs, used goods, financial assets, and foreign-produced goods and services

What are things not included in the GDP?

400

Tax approach, value-added approach, expenditure approach and income approach.

What is the tax approach?


(Approaches to calculate the GDP)

500

A government-mandated floor on the price of labor. 

What is the minimum wage?



500

In Fruitland they produced 300 apples, 400 bananas, and 100 oranges. In 2008 their prices were $1,$2 and $3 respectively. In 2009, all items cost $4. In 2010, apples and oranges were $2 and bananas sold for $5.  What is its real GDP if we use 2009 as its based year?

What is $3,200?

500

The unemployment rate in Mexico. (+/-2%)


What is 3.3%?



500

What are Mexico´s, US or Canada´s 3 largest trading partners?

Mexico - US, Canada and China.

Canada- US, China and Mexico.

US- Canada, Mexico and China. 

500

Revenues, disposable income, profits, taxes, government transfers. 

What are profits?

(Things related to individuals income)