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EU: The common abbreviation of the Economic Union, which is the economical and political integration of a dozen European nations created by the Maastricht Treaty signed in 1992. The twelve nations forming the European Union are Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Great Britain. Three additional nations that have joined the original dozen are Austria, Finland and Sweden. The Economic Union was actually one of several steps by European nations after the end of World War II to promote integration. This Economic Union was established to reduce or eliminate many tariffs and nontariff barriers, create of single monetary unit (the euro), establish of a common military and defense policy, and centralize monetary policy.
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FINAL GOODS Goods (and services) that are available for purchase by their ultimate or intended user with no plans for further physical transformation or as inputs in the production of other goods. Gross domestic product seeks to measure the market value of final goods. Final goods, also termed final goods and services, are purchased through product markets by the four macroeconomic sectors (household, business, government, and foreign) as consumption expenditures, investment expenditures, government purchases, and exports. Final goods, which are closely related to the term current production, do not include intermediate goods--goods (and services) that will be processed further before reaching their ultimate user.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time going from convenience store to convenience store hoping to buy either storage boxes for your computer software CDs or a set of tires. Be on the lookout for small children selling products door-to-door.
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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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"No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start: It becomes a nightmare. " -- Charles Baudelaire, poet-critic
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JGB
Japanese Government Bond
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