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BUSINESS CYCLES: The recurring expansions and contractions of the national economy (usually measured by real gross domestic product). A complete cycle typically lasts from three to five years, but could last ten years or more. It is divided into four phases -- expansion, peak, contraction, and trough. Unemployment inevitably rises during contractions and inflation tends to worsen during expansions. To avoid the inflation and unemployment problems of business cycles, the federal government frequently undertakes various fiscal and monetary policies.
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CONSUMPTION SCHEDULE A table or chart that represents the relation between household sector consumption and income. A consumption schedule is commonly used for a basic, instructional presentation of aggregate consumption activity by the household sector and is also used as a source of numbers for deriving the consumption line. The key measures derived from the consumption-income relation in the schedule are average propensity to consume and marginal propensity to consume. The saving schedule is comparable table for the relation between saving and income.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time driving to a factory outlet seeking to buy either a set of luggage without wheels or a how-to book on wine tasting. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments.
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In the Middle Ages, pepper was used for bartering, and it was often more valuable and stable in value than gold.
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NIPA
National Income and Product Accounts
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