Economic Issues

Question 1

define and translate the term economics

Answer 1

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

Question 2

translate ‘production’

Answer 2

prozivodnja

Question 3

translate ‘distribution’

Answer 3

porazdelitev

Question 4

translate ‘consumption’

Answer 4

poraba

Question 5

translate ‘welfare’

Answer 5

blaginja

Question 6

tr ‘economic factors’

Answer 6

gospodarski dejavniki

Question 7

tr ‘national income’

Answer 7

nacionalni dogodek

Question 8

tr ‘foreign trade’

Answer 8

zunanja trgovina

Question 9

tr ‘national productivity’

Answer 9

nacionalna produktivnost

Question 10

tr ‘gross domestic product’

Answer 10

bruto domači proizvod

Question 11

tr ‘gross national product’

Answer 11

bruto nacionalni proizvod

Question 12

tr ‘consumer price index (CPI)’

Answer 12

indeks rasti cen življenskih stroškov

Question 13

tr ‘retail price index (RPI)’

Answer 13

indeks rasti maloprodajnih cen

Question 14

tr ‘foreign direct investment (FDI)’

Answer 14

neposredne tuje investicije

Question 15

tr ‘national output’

Answer 15

nacionalni proizvod

Question 16

tr ‘allocation’

Answer 16

dodelitev

Question 17

tr ‘supply and demand’

Answer 17

ponudba in povpraševanje

Question 18

tr ‘utility’

Answer 18

koristnost, uporabnost

Question 19

tr ‘living standard’

Answer 19

življenski strandard

Question 20

tr ‘socioeconomic class’

Answer 20

socialno-ekonomski standard

Question 21

tr metrics

Answer 21

meritve

Question 22

tr housing

Answer 22

nastanitev

Question 23

tr utilities

Answer 23

komunalne storitve

Question 24

tr class disparity

Answer 24

razredno neskladje

Question 25

tr access to healthcare

Answer 25

dostop do zdravstvenega varstva

Question 26

tr life expectancy

Answer 26

pričakovana življenjska doba

Question 27

tr incidence

Answer 27

pojavnost

Question 28

tr infrastructure

Answer 28

pogostost, stopnja

Question 29

def commodity exchange

Answer 29

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

Question 30

difference between monetary and fiscal policies

Answer 30

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

Question 31

def toxic assets

Answer 31

= dangerous and very risky assets

Question 32

def national income

Answer 32

the monetary value of national output

Question 33

def unemployment rate

Answer 33

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

Question 34

def inflation rate

Answer 34

the rate at which prices rise

Question 35

def gdp

Answer 35

the country's income within a country's borders

Question 36

def gnp

Answer 36

the country's income including foreign investments

Question 37

def cpi

Answer 37

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

Question 38

def rpi

Answer 38

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

Question 39

def national output

Answer 39

the total amount of goods and services a country produces

Question 40

stability antonym

Answer 40

instability

Question 41

to plunge antonym

Answer 41

to climb

Question 42

payment antonym

Answer 42

default on payment

Question 43

peak antonym

Answer 43

trough

Question 44

small-scale antonym

Answer 44

large-scale

Question 45

recession antonym

Answer 45

expansion

Question 46

domestic antonym

Answer 46

foreign

Question 47

surplus antonym

Answer 47

deficit

Question 48

emu meaning

Answer 48

economic and monetary union

Question 49

agr meanign

Answer 49

annual growth rate

Question 50

tr scarcity of resources

Answer 50

pomanjkanje virov

Question 51

tr availability of labour

Answer 51

razpoložljivost delovne sile

Question 52

tr availability of resources

Answer 52

razpoložljivost virov

Question 53

tr perfect competition

Answer 53

popolna konkurenca

Question 54

tr public tender

Answer 54

javni razpis

Question 55

tr javna poraba

Answer 55

public spending

Question 56

tr razcvet / konjuktura

Answer 56

boom

Question 57

tr prag revščine

Answer 57

poverty line