Macroeconomics Definitions

All the key terms for the OCR F582 National Economy exam defined.

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  • Created by: Marcus
  • Created on: 28-04-13 13:00
P F H E I M Q G G H W W I L Q P P D L M G
V D Y K F G K X T S B N O N L N X T U U L
C I R C U L A R F L O W O F I N C O M E E
R F Q X L K K D L S T J X H L E A D B T U
F B C M S H O E L E A T H E R C O S T S M
S E A S O N A L U N E M P L O Y M E N T O
C H N Q M K F O L Y F U K B F H V F I V G
I C A S U A L U N E M P L O Y M E N T S Q
L A B O U R P R O D U C T I V I T Y L P J
M L C O N S U M E R P R I C E I N D E X U
G C O S T P U S H I N F L A T I O N R G E
D E M A N D P U L L I N F L A T I O N U Q
T V N F K Y D U R H Q O L V L S D W C X B
U W Q B A L A N C E O F P A Y M E N T S D
S C Q G U Q I U Q O N D G C N S S O L X U
S E A R C H U N E M P L O Y M E N T D B H
X L U H T L X P T U N Q W Q Q C E X H K F
S B N T W A A W S I V A J N B X M E F A F
J L B R X Q E Q W H X J S W Y B C E A A A
P D P O P D M Y Q X G H I N I F C X Q W F
T U M S Q R B F I W H I M W I R R R J Q W

Clues

  • A measure of changes in the price of a representative basket of consumer goods and services. It is the UK's main measure of inflation and has a 2% target. (8, 5, 5)
  • A record of all money flows coming in and going out of a country (7, 2, 8)
  • Costs in terms of extra time and effort involved in searching for the bank offering the highest interest rate to save, or searching for the cheapest deal on a product (4, 7, 5)
  • Increases in the general price level in an economy over a period of time caused by increases in aggregate demand when the economy is close to full capacity (6, 4, 9)
  • Increases in the general price level in an economy over a period of time caused by increases in costs of production e.g. rising oil prices (4, 4, 9)
  • Output of a good or service per worker over a given time period e.g. output per worker per hour (6, 12)
  • People out of work because their labour is only demanded at a particular time of year e.g. ice cream seller (8, 12)
  • People out of work due to them not taking the first job offered and searching for an even better job instead (6, 12)
  • People out of work in-between irregular period of employment e.g. actors, session musicians (6, 12)
  • The movement of spending and income throughout the economy between households and firms (8, 4, 2, 6)

Comments

davidsalter

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This is a set of 88 flash cards defining many of the key terms required up to A2 standard. Useful for testing yourself and colleagues. Should demonstrate further learning needs.

Nimrahkhan

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Good resource, some cards aren't needed in 2015 spec, and some (taxation and subsidies) are needed for unit 1 not unit 2 but still very helpful for last minute revision

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