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| Consumer Price Index (CPI) |
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| An average of the prices of the goods and servcies purchased by the typical urban family of four |
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| Unemployment caused by a business cycle recession |
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| A decline in the price level |
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| People who are available for work but have not looked for a job during the previous four weeks because they believe no jobs are available for them |
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| A higher-than-market wage that a firm pays to increase worker productivity |
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| Short-term unemployment that arises from the process of matching workers with jobs |
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| The percentage increase in the price level from one year to the next |
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| The sum of employed and unemployed workers in the economy |
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| Labor force participation rate |
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| The percentage of the working-age population in the labor force |
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| The costs to firms of changing prices |
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| Natural rate of employment |
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| The normal rate of unemployment, consisting of frictional unemployment plus structural unemployment |
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| The stated interest rate on a loan |
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| A measure of the average prices of goods and services in the economy |
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| Producer price index (PPI) |
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| An average of the prices received by producers of goods and services at all stages of the production process |
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| The nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate |
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| Unemployment arising from a persistent mismatch between the skills and attibutes of workers and the requirements of jobs |
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| The percentage of the labor force that is unemployed |
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