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WORLD BANK: (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) An agency of the United Nations that was established in 1945 to promote the economic development of the poorer nations in the world. They pursue this goal by providing low-interest loans to less development countries and offering technical assistance on the best ways to use these loans. Funds for the loans are obtained by the World Bank by selling bonds on the world's financial markets. It's long-run economic development orientation is usually coordinated with the shorter-run efforts of its sister U. N. agency, the International Monetary Fund.
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SELF CORRECTION, AGGREGATE MARKET The automatic process in which the aggregate market adjusts from short-run equilibrium to long-run equilibrium. Self-correction results through shifts of the short-run aggregate supply curve caused by changes in wages (and other resource prices). The self-correction mechanism acts to close both recessionary gaps and inflationary gaps. The short-run aggregate supply curve increases (shifts rightward) due to lower wages to close a recessionary gap and decreases (shifts leftward) due to higher wages to close an inflationary gap.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time going from convenience store to convenience store trying to buy either a bottle of blackcherry flavored spring water or a travel case for you toothbrush. Be on the lookout for neighborhood pets, especially belligerent parrots.
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The penny is the only coin minted by the U.S. government in which the "face" on the head looks to the right. All others face left.
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"Believe one who has tried it. " -- Virgil, Roman poet
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AMB
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