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ECON CH-13 VOCAB



Matching
 
 
a.
Seasonal unemployment
f.
full employment
b.
cyclical unemployment
g.
underemployed
c.
Structural unemployment
h.
discouraged worker
d.
census
i.
Frictional unemployment
e.
unemployment rate
 

 1. 

working at a job for which one is overqualified, or working part-time when fulltime work is desired
 

 2. 

aises during economic downturns and falls when the economy improves
 

 3. 

an official count of the population
 

 4. 

occurs as a result of harvest schedules or vacations, or when industries slow or shut down for a season
 

 5. 

a person who wants a job but has given up looking
 

 6. 

the percentage of the nation’s labor force that is unemployed
 

 7. 

occurs when workers’ skills do not match the jobs that are available
 

 8. 

occurs when people take time to find a job
 

 9. 

the level of employment reached when there is no cyclical unemployment
 
 
a.
inflation
h.
cost push theory
b.
purchasing power
i.
demand-pull theory
c.
price index
j.
quantity theory
d.
inflation rate
k.
consumer price index (CPI)
e.
deflation
l.
wage-price spiral
f.
market basket
m.
fixed income
g.
core inflation rate
n.
hyperinflation
 

 10. 

a representative collection of goods and services
 

 11. 

inflation occurs when demend for goods and services exceeds existing supplies
 

 12. 

a measurement that shows how the average price of a standard group of goods changes over time
 

 13. 

inflation occurs when producers raise prices in order to meet increased costs
 

 14. 

the percentage rate of change in price level over time
 

 15. 

theory that too much money in the economy causes inflation
 

 16. 

a general increase in prices
 

 17. 

the rate of inflation excluding the effects of food and energy prices
 

 18. 

the process by which rising wages cause higher prices, and higher prices cause higher wages
 

 19. 

the ability to purchase goods and services
 

 20. 

income that does not increase even when prices go up
 

 21. 

a sustained drop in the price level
 

 22. 

a price index determined by measuring the price of standard group of goods meant to represent the “market basket” of a typical urban consumer
 

 23. 

inflation that is out of control
 
 
a.
Lorenz Curve
e.
income distribution
b.
block grant
f.
enterprise zone
c.
poverty rate
g.
poverty threshold
d.
workfare
h.
food stamps
 

 24. 

the percentage of people who live in households with income below the official poverty line
 

 25. 

area where companies can locate free of certain local, state, and federal taxes and restrictions
 

 26. 

the curve that illustrates income distribution
 

 27. 

the income level below which income is insufficient to support a family or household
 

 28. 

how the nation’s total income is distributed among its population
 

 29. 

federal funds given to the states in lump sums
 

 30. 

government-issued coupons that recipients exchange for food
 

 31. 

a program requiring work in exchange for temporary assistance
 



 
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