Chapter 13 Review Economic Instability
Concepts Types of unemployment Identify Define Examples Measuring Sources of What is meant by being ‘underemployed’?
Sources of Unemployment Pg. 377
Concepts PPI LEI’s Reading tables/Comparisons What do they measure? What do they tell us?
Index of Leading Economic Indicators Pg. 358
Concepts Inflation Implicit GDP price deflator Misery index Measuring Identifying types Consequences of Implicit GDP price deflator Misery index Defining/Examples
Measuring Prices and Inflation Pg. 363
Types of Inflation and Their Consequences Pg. 377
Concepts Business cycles CPI Identifying Characteristics Causes of Reading tables Comparisons
Phases of the Business Cycle Pg 354
Constructing the CPI Pg. 362
Essays Identify, describe and give examples of the causes the Great Depression.
Essays Describe what is meant by the “base year”. Be able to determine if the base market basket cost increased, decreased, or stayed constant between the Base Period and the Third Period? Identify and describe the reason for this change?
Essays Be able to identify and describe the four causes of the business cycle. Are business cycles a cause or effect of changes in the economy? How do you know?
Essays Identify and describe the four causes of inflation. Be able to give and explain examples of this.
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