Secondary Economic Terms M-Z

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macro-economics	10/31/10
manufacturer warranty	2/13/11
market	12/6/9	4/25/10	11/14/10
market-driven (norms)	9/26/10
marriage penalty	10/10/10
merit pay	9/26/10
meritocratic	8/22/10
middle class	4/4/10
monetary policy	11/28/10
money	11/22/9	12/6/9	2/21/10	9/12/10
money-making	5/15/11
mortgage	10/11/9	11/22/9
N
net jobs	5/9/10
net worth	12/13/9
new energy	9/6/9
non-financial debt	1/17/10
O
Oil Price Information Service	2/20/11
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)	2/27/11
output	4/17/11
P
personal finance	2/7/10
personal income	1/17/10
personal spending	5/2/10
potential lifetime wages	4/11/10
poverty	12/5/10
predatory lending	3/21/10
price	11/29/9	4/25/10	1/16/11	2/20/11	2/27/11
price controls	9/13/9
price speculation	3/14/10
Producer Price Index	1/16/11
producers	8/29/10
production	4/25/10
profit	5/2/10
property	1/9/11
public lands	9/6/9
pump price	2/20/11
R
rationing	4/10/11
raw materials	11/29/9
recall	8/29/10
recession	10/4/9	11/1/9	1/17/10	2/27/11	3/6/11
recession-proof	10/4/9
recovery (cont.)	10/25/9	11/1/9	11/8/9	12/13/9	1/17/10	3/7/10	5/9/10
recovery	5/23/10	10/31/10	3/6/11
reimbursement	8/31/9
resource	9/6/9
retail sales	12/13/9	5/2/10
revaluation	12/6/9
revenue	10/4/9	11/15/9
reward	9/26/10	1/9/11
rich	2/21/10
risk	4/4/10
S
salary	9/12/10
sales	2/14/10	8/29/10	4/10/11
scarce	3/27/11	4/10/11
second market	10/4/9
sector	5/9/10
self-insure	2/13/11
sharecropping	3/21/10
short term vs. long term	8/31 /9
shortage	3/27/11	4/10/11	4/17/11
skills	8/22/10
slavery	11/22/9
Social Security	1/30/11
solar energy	9/6/9
spending	1/3/10	3/7/10
Standard & Poor's 500 index	5/2/10
stimulus	10/18/9	1/31/10	10/31/10
stock market	4/4/10
stockpiling	3/27/11
subsidies	9/13/9	5/8/11
supplies	3/27/11	4/10/11	4/17/11
supply	4/25/10	8/29/10	2/20/11	2/27/11
supply / demand	5/8/11
sustainable	4/25/10
T
tariff	11/29/9
tax	11/15/9
tax code	2/21/10
tax relief	1/31/10
tax support	4/4/10
total federal debt	10/25/9
treasure	5/15/11
turnaround	10/3/10
U
unemployment (cont.)	10/11/9	10/18/9	11/1/9	11/8/9	1/17/10	1/31/10
unemployment	12/5/10	1/30/11	3/6/11	4/24/11
unemployment and underemployment	10/25/9
unemployment benefits	11/8/9	1/31/10	12/5/10
union	11/29/9
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)	3/28/10
V
value	8/22/10
variable	9/26/10
virtuous cycle	3/6/11
W
Wackenhut Corporation	1/9/11
waste	5/15/11
wealth	2/7/10	9/12/10
wealth gap	3/14/10
Wholesale prices	1/16/11
work ethic	8/22/10
workforce	8/22/10
workplace	8/22/10
Z
zero population growth	10/25/9

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Secondary Economic Terms M-Z