| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Sustained fall in general price level | Deflation | 67%
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| A period of at least 6 months when a country suffers a fall in output | Recession | 67%
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| A measure of the price level of a basket of goods and services | CPI | 63%
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| Type of UE: Temporary UE when people are between jobs | Frictional | 59%
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| Rapid inflation; up to 50% per month | Hyperinflation | 56%
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| Inflation caused by excess demand in the economy | Demand pull | 52%
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| Inflation caused by increases in the costs of production | Cost push | 48%
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| Type of UE: A mismatch of skills | Structural | 48%
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| Type of UE: Generated by a fall in demand | Cyclical | 44%
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| A fall in the rate of inflation | Disinflation | 44%
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| Measures the value of all goods and services taking into account the rise in the general price level | Real GDP | 44%
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| Prolonged downturn in the economy where a nations GDP falls by at least 10% | Depression | 41%
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| Type of UE: Variations in the level of employment due to seasonality of activity | Seasonal | 37%
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| A period when the rate of real GDP is faster and higher than the long term trend | Boom | 33%
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| The ease and ability of labour to move to places with high demand for labour | Geographical mobility | 33%
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| The purchasing power of one currency in one economy compared to the purchasing power of the same currency in a different economy | Purchasing Power Parity | 30%
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| People who are able, available, willing and actively searching for work | Unemployment | 30%
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| Short term fluctuations of National Output around its long term trend | Business cycle | 26%
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| JSA | Job Seekers Allowance | 26%
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| Deflation caused by a fall in AD | Malign | 26%
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| When the level of actual GDP < trend growth GDP | Negative output gap | 26%
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| The more qualified, the more transferable skills one has | Occupational mobility | 26%
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| A phase after a recession during which rGDP starts to increase and unemployment starts to fall | Recovery | 26%
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| Records all financial transactions made between consumers, businesses and the government in one country with another nation | Balance of payments | 22%
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| Deflation caused by a rise in AS | Benign | 22%
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| A concept that describes recessions that lead to a permanent downward shift in the trend growth of GDP | Hysteresis | 22%
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| When the level of actual GDP > trend growth GDP | Positive output gap | 22%
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| Little incentive for workers with low income to earn extra income as it would result in higher tax and lower benefits | Poverty Trap | 22%
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| Type of UE: People refusing jobs | Voluntary | 22%
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| The total value of goods and services produced by a country's residents at home or abroad | GNI | 19%
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| Trade in services, transfers of income and other payments or reciepts | Invisible | 19%
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| Measures the value of all goods and services produced at the market price level of the day | Nominal GDP | 19%
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| Type of UE: National Minimum Wage is too high | Real Wage | 19%
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| A concept that describes how recessionary periods can lead to opportunity and development | Creative destruction | 15%
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| Those who are underemployed or willing to take a job if offered, but not actively looking for one | Hidden Unemployment | 15%
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| A weakening of the rate of growth; GDP is still rising but increasing at a slower rate | Slowdown | 15%
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| Trade in goods | Visible | 15%
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