Key Terms

Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.

Question

Selfregulating economy
Keynesian economics
Monetary policy
Fiscal policy
Recessions
Expansions
Business cycle
Businesscycle peak
Businesscycle trough
LongRun Economic Growth
Inflation
Deflation
Price stability
Open economy
Trade deficit
Trade surplus
period of economic upturn in which output and employment are rising; most economic numbers are following their normal upward trend; also referred to as a recovery
a rise in the overall level of prices
a period of economic downturn when output and unemployment are falling; also referred to as a contraction
changes in government spending and taxes designed to affect overall spending
when the value of goods and services bought from foreigners is less than the value of the goods and services sold to them
the point in time at which the economy shifts from expansion to recession.
a theory that states that economic slumps are caused by inadequate spending and they can be mitigated by government intervention
when the value of the goods and services bought from foreigners is more than the value of the goods and services sold to consumers abroad
the shortrun alternation between economic recessions and expansions
changes in the quantity of money in circulation designed to alter interest rates and affect the level of overall spending
an economy in which problems such as unemployment are resolved without government intervention, through the working of the invisible hand
a fall in the overall level of prices
an economy that trades goods and services with other countries
the point in time at which the economy shifts from recession to expansion.
the sustained upward trend in the economy’s output over time
a situation in which the overall level of prices is changing slowly or not at all

Self-regulating economy, p. 309

Keynesian economics, p. 309

Monetary policy, p. 310

Fiscal policy, p. 310

Recession, p. 312

Expansion, p. 312

Business cycle, p. 312

Business-cycle peak, p. 312

Business-cycle trough, p. 312

Long-run economic growth, p. 316

Inflation, p. 320

Deflation, p. 320

Price stability, p. 320

Open economy, p. 321

Trade deficit, p. 321

Trade surplus, p. 321