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Definition of economics

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Economics study of how market agents (firms,individuals,countries) interact thus how society choses to allocate its scarce resources to the production of goods and services in order satisfy unlimited wants

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Definition of Opportunity costs

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Opportunity cost of some decision is the value of then next best alternative that you have to give up because of that decision. Opportunity cost is the cost of your next best option

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three factors of production/scarce resources

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land, labor, & capital

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Ceteris Parabius

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All else held constant, or, all else held equal

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assumptions of PPC

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Fixed Resources, Fully employed Resources, Technology is fixed

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If assumptions hold of PPC

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then, the curve represents the optimal production of the economy. Anything above is unattainable while any point below represents economy working at suboptimal conditions.

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gain in resources/loss in resourcs

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Curve shifts out/curve shifts in

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Not fully employed

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A point below the curve. not working at optimal conditions

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Loss in tech/ gain in tech

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curve shifts in/curve shifts out

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Definition of market

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A place where buys and sellers get together to determine the price and quantity of goods and services exchanged

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Shortage

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not enough product to meet demand

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Surplus

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Supply more product than demand

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normal good

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things like steak: if your income rises you will demand more of it

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interior good

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things like baloney: if your income rises, you will demand less of the good

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Contemplementary good

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“steak sauce”, if the price of one good rises, the demand for complement falls, so if the price of steak rises, the demand for steak sauce drops

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Change in quantity demanded is

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change along the curve

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change in demand

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shift of actual curve in or out

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Non price factors of Demand

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Number of buyers, income, tastes and preferences, price of related goods(Compliment-substitute), Expectations of future price changes

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Law of Demand

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The inverse relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of goods demanded. This is at a point in time.

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why is Demand cruved down

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Common sense(the more people that want something the more the price is driven down/Diminishing Marginal Utility/

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Law of supply

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positive relationship between quantity supplied and price

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Non price factors of Supply

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Number of sellers/taxes and subsides/ expectations/resource prices/ technology

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Substitute good Definition

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a good that competes with another good for consumer dollars.

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Price floor

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Legal minimum seller can be paid for product(minimum wage)

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Price Ceiling
Max price for a good
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Price Elasticity of demand
The responsiveness (or sensitivity) of consumers to a price change; a measurement of how much quantity changes as a result of change in price.
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GDP definition
It is the market value of all final goods and services produced in a nation during a period of time usually a year
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Types of Unemployment
Structural, Cyclical, Frictional
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Structural unemployment
Employees getting replaced because of skills
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Frictional Unemployment
Time inbetween jobs, searching for work
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Cyclical Unemployment
Unemployment due to a recession
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Producers surplus
the difference between the actual price a producer receives and the minimum acceptable price that consumers would have to pay the producer to make a particular unit of output available
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Business cycle indicators
Lagging/Concurrent/Leading
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What is lagging Indicator and some examples
Occurs after GDP changes - unemployment
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What is concurrent indicator and some examples
Changes as GDP changes - Nonfarm payroll and Industrial production
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What is Leading Indicator and some examples
Changes before GDP changes - Money supply, Stock Prices, Interest Rate
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what part of the Business cycle are you in If nonfarm payrolls and unemployment are both increasing
Recovery - unemployment is a lagging indicator and nonfarm payroll is concurrent
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What part of the Business cycle are you in if Nonfarm payroll and industrial production is decreasing
Recession - Both are concurrent indicators
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Nominal Income
The actual number of dollars received over a period of time (salary)
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Real Income
The actual number of dollars received adjusted for changes in the CPI
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Inflation is
Increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy
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CPI
Measures changes in average price of Consumer Goods
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PPI
Measures changes in prices for businesses/manufacturers
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Disinflation
inflation but at a slower rate
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Deinflation
the decreases of general price level of goods and services in an economy
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Runaway inflation can cause
Inflation psychosis, Harm lending contracts, wage price spiral, people go from investment to speculation
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Measures of Inflation
CPI,PPI, (x-m)
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Demand Pull inflation
Rise in the general price level resulting from an excess of total spending(demand)
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Cost pull inflation
an increase in the general price level resulting from an increase in the cost of production
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Nominal interest rate =
= real interest rate + inflation
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Barter definition
the exchange of a good or service for another good or service
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Functions of money
Medium of exchange (no bartering), Unit of account, store of value
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Properties of money
Divisible, Scarcity, and uniform (my dollar is the same as your dollar)
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Two types of money
Commodity money (gold standard/sterling), Fiat money(nothing backing it up)
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Money supply
M1,M2,M3
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m1
Cash on hand and checking accounts
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m2
m1 + CD's
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m3
m2 + really big deposits >100k
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What Federal Reserve does?
Controls money supply, clears checks, regulates banks,Maintains currency, protect consumer, maintian federal government checking accounts and gold

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