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Economics words
1. Adam Smith

Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)

2. agency

the state of being in action or exerting power

3. agent

a representative who acts on behalf of others

4. amortisation

the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years

5. appreciation

understanding of the nature or meaning of something

6. buyer's market

a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy

7. capacity
capability to perform or produce

8. Capital

the federal government of the United States

9. capital gain

the amount by which the selling price of an asset exceeds the purchase price; the gain
is realized when the asset is sold

10. capitalism

an economic system based on private ownership of assets

11. central bank

a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit
and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the
government

12. commodity

articles of commerce

13. competition

the act of contending as for profit or a prize

14. compound interest

interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest

15. consumption

the act of using something up

16. cost of capital

the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the
rate of return that a business could earn if it chose another investment with equivalent
risk

17. credit

an estimate of ability to fulfill financial commitments


18. debt

the state of owing something, especially money

19. deficit

the property of being less than expected or required

20. deflation

the act of letting the air out of something

21. demand

request urgently and forcefully

22. depreciation

a decrease in price or value

23. Depression

a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass
unemployment

24. deregulation

the act of freeing from rules

25. derivative

a compound obtained from another compound

26. devaluation

the reduction of something's value or worth

27. discount rate

interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

28. disinflation

a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments

29. diversification
the condition of being varied

30. dividend

a number to be divided by another number

31. econometrics

the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data

32. econometrics

the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data

33. efficiency

skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort

34. elasticity

the tendency of a body to return to its original shape

35. equity

conformity with rules or standards

36. fiscal policy

a government policy for dealing with the budget

37. free lunch

something acquired without effort or payment or obligation

38. free trade

international trade free of government interference

39. full employment

the economic condition when everyone who wishes to work at the going wage rate for
their type of labor is employed

40. game theory


(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among
opposing players

41. GDP

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market
values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders
during a given period (usually 1 year)

42. globalisation

growth to a global or worldwide scale

43. gold standard

system that defines money's value in terms of precious metal

44. hedge

a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

45. incentive

a positive motivational influence

46. income

the financial gain accruing over a given period of time

47. inelastic

not elastic

48. inflation

the act of filling something with air

49. inflation

the act of filling something with air

50. interest

a sense of concern with and curiosity about something

51. interest rate


the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use

52. Karl Marx

founder of modern communism

53. leverage

the mechanical advantage gained by a machine on a fulcrum

54. liquidity

the state in which a substance exhibits a readiness to flow

55. long run

a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out

56. long run

a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out

57. macroeconomics

the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy

58. marginal

at or constituting a border or edge

59. market capitalisation

an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of


shares outstanding by the current price of a share

60. market forces

the interaction of supply and demand that shapes a market economy

61. market forces

the interaction of supply and demand that shapes a market economy

62. mercantilism

system increasing a nation's wealth by government regulation


63. microeconomics

the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or


individual firms

64. Milton Friedman

United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to
government intervention in the economy (born in 1912)

65. minimum wage

the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay

66. modelling

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

67. money

the most common medium of exchange

68. money market

a market for short-term debt instruments

69. money supply

the total stock of money in the economy

70. Monopoly

a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance
around the board according to the throw of a die

71. monopoly

a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller

72. monopsony

(economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there
is only one buyer

73. moral hazard


(economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected
against it (as by insurance)

74. motivator

a positive motivational influence

75. national debt

the debt of the national government

76. nominal value

the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value

77. nudge

to push against gently

78. oligopoly

a market in which a few producers control a commodity

79. opportunity cost

cost in terms of foregoing alternatives

80. poverty

the state of having little or no money and possessions

81. poverty trap

a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no
better off

82. price

the amount of money needed to purchase something

83. principal

most important element

84. profit margin


the ratio gross profits divided by net sales

85. public utility

a company that performs a public service

86. quota

a prescribed number

87. recession

the act of returning control

88. regression analysis

the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of
another

89. regulation

the act of bringing to uniformity

90. replacement cost

current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness

91. risk

a source of danger

92. scalability

the quality of being scalable

93. scarcity

a small and inadequate amount

94. seller's market

a market in which more people want to buy than want to sell

95. short-run

relating to or extending over a limited period


96. simple interest

interest paid on the principal alone

97. socialism

a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

98. spread

distribute or disperse widely

99. stagflation

a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise
(inflation)

100. stagnation

a state of inactivity

101. stakeholder

someone entrusted to hold the stakes for betting

102. standard deviation

the square root of the variance

103. subsidy

a grant paid by a government to an enterprise

104. supply

circulate or distribute or equip with

105. tariff

a government tax on imports or exports

106. tax base

collective value of taxable assets

107. time value


(music) the relative duration of a musical note

108. trade

the commercial exchange of goods and services

109. transparency

the quality of being clear

110. Treasury bill

a short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing

111. unemployment

the state of not having a job

112. unemployment

the state of not having a job

113. use

put into service

114. utility

the quality of being of practical use

115. value-added

116. vertical integration

absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's
manufacture from raw materials to distribution

117. volatility

being easily excited

118. welfare

something that aids or promotes well-being


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Here is The Complete Lists.

1. Act of Settlement

2. Act of Union

3. Ad Valorem

4. Agrarian Revolution

5. Aggression

6. Alliance

7. Appeal

8. Appropriation Bill

9. Armed Neutrality

10. Autonomy

11. Balance Of Trade

12. Balance Of Power

13. Ballot

14. Benevolent Despotism

15. Bill Of Rights


16. Blockade (Naval)

17. Buffer-State

18. Bull (Papal)

19. Bullion

20. Bureaucracy

21. By Law

22. Bye Laws

23. Candidate

24. Casting Vote

25. Census

26. Centralised Monarchy

27. Chamber Of Commerce

28. Chancellor of the Exchequer

29. Charter of Liberties

30. Chronology

31. Circumnavigation

32. Citizen

33. Citizenship

34. City Fathers

35. Civics

36. Civil Disobedience


37. Civil War

38. Coalition Ministry

39. Code

40. Commonwealth, The

41. Consensus

42. Constituency

43. Constitution

44. Constitutional Monarchy

45. Constitutional Theory

46. Constitution, Federal

47. Consumer

48. Contraband Articles

49. Convention

50. Crown Colony

51. Crusade

52. Culture

53. Currency

54. Curfew

55. Customs Duties

56. Deadlock, Administrative

57. Debt Relief Act


58. Declaration of Rights

59. Delegate

60. Demagogue

61. Democracy

62. Dependency

63. Depreciation of Money

64. Despotic Government

65. Diarchy

66. Direct Taxation

67. Divine Right

68. Doctrine of Lapse

69. Domicile

70. Doomsday Book

71. Economic Structure

72. Election

73. Electorate

74. Embassy

75. Emigrants

76. Emigration

77. Empire

78. Envoy
79. Excommunication

80. Executive Council

81. Exploitation

82. Exploration

83. Famine Relief

84. Fanaticism

85. Federal Constitution

86. Feudal System

87. Fiduciary

88. Fief

89. Floating Debt

90. Flying Shuttle

91. Forced Loan

92. Foreign Office

93. Foreign Policy

94. Franchise

95. Freeholders

96. Free State

97. Free Trade

98. Guild

99. Gold Standard


100. Government, Responsible

101. Grand Alliance

102. Grants-In-Aid

103. Great Charter of Liberties

104. Habeas Corpus Act

105. High Treason

106. Home Government

107. Home Office

108. Hostage

109. Immigrants

110. Immigration

111. Impeachment

112. Imperialism

113. Incidence of Taxation

114. Independents

115. Individual Liberty

116. Indulgence

117. Industrial Revolution

118. Initiative, Private

119. Initiative, Public

120. Inscription
121. Interdict

122. Interpellations

123. Joint Stock Company

124. Journey Man

125. Judicial Service

126. Jurisdiction

127. Labour, Division Of

128. Labour Legislation

129. Laissez-Faire

130. Land Tenure

131. Legal Tender

132. Legislative Council

133. Letters Patent

134. Liberty of The Press

135. Limited Liability

136. Limited Monarchy

137. Magna Carta

138. Mandatory State

139. Manorial System

140. Martial Law

141. Military Occupation


142. Minority Minute (To Record in A Minute Book)

143. Mobocracy

144. Negotiation

145. Neolithic Age

146. No-Confidence Motion

147. Nomination

148. Non-Aggression

149. Non-Co-Operation

150. Non-Intervention Policy

151. Non-Official Element

152. No Tax Campaign

153. Opposition, The

154. Orders in Council

155. Ordinance

156. Palaeolithic Age

157. Passive Resistance

158. Petition of Right

159. Policy

160. Poor Rate

161. Preferential Tariff

162. Protective Duties


163. Protective Tariff

164. Rate Payers

165. Reforms Act

166. Regulating Act

167. Reign Of Terror

168. Renaissance, The

169. Representative Government

170. Responsible Government

171. Round Table Conference

172. Senate

173. Service, Secret

174. Sinking Fund

175. Squire

176. Standard of Life

177. Standing Army

178. Standing Committee

179. Standing Orders

180. Stock and Land Lease System

181. Subject, Reserved

182. Subject, Transferred

183. Subsidiary System


184. Suffrage

185. Tariffs

186. Tax

187. Temperance

188. Tenant

189. Tolls

190. Trade Union

191. Unitary Constitution

192. Vested Interests

193. Veto

194. White-Paper

195. Working Committee

196. World Court

197. Write Of Habeas Corpus

Economic Recession Vocabulary

Collateralized Debt Conditions

Also called CDOs. These are securities backed by a variety of fixed income assets, usually
packages of mortgages.

When the subprime crisis broke out, many mortgage-backed CDOs became toxic.

credit crunch

refers to a situation where banks reduce the availability of loans or credits to customers due
to the fear of not being repaid.
The credit crunch has laid banks to tighten the conditions required to get a credit.

economic meltdown

a severe and often sudden deterioration of financial institutions and assets resulting in huge
financial loss.

This economic metldown is the worst economic crisis since the stock market crash in 1929.

financial bailout

financial assistance to business institution to avoid their collapse

The US government has decided to fund a bailout of the banking industry.

Banks have been bailed out by the government

mortgage

It is a loan secured by real property.

Banks usually give mortgage loans under certain conditions.

inflation

It refers to a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a
period of time, leading to an erosion in the purchasing power of money.

Because of the inflation prices went up.

regulate

to regulate the market means to control and supervise it.

Many people think that governments should regulate markets so that markets would be free
of fraud, manipulation, and illegal speculations.

speculate

to buy or sell securities, property, etc., in the hope of deriving considerable capital gains

Investors become speculators when they purchase a stock with the sole purpose of selling it
to someone else at a higher price.

recession
refers to two or more consecutive quarters of negative economic growth

The current recession has created an increase in unemployment.

securities

They are certificates of ownership of stock, bonds, or other financial assets.

Two examples of securities in the stock market are stocks and bonds.

securitization

This refers to the process of transforming assets into securities, assigning them a value and
being traded.

The securitization of subprime mortgages led to the credit crunch.

subprime mortgage

a housing loan given to people with poor credit histories.

They are really poor. Because of their low credit rating, they can only qualify for a subprime
mortgage.

toxic assets

these refer to a kind of high-risk debts that are unlikely to be paid back to lenders.

The banks that owned toxic assets were unable to resist their collapse.

Troubled Assets Relief Program

Also referred to as TARP. It is a plan devised by the US government to buy toxic assets to
strengthen the financial sector.

TARP has been criticized by many people because of the massive cost and the behavior of the
banks.

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