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DPI: The abbreviation for disposable personal income, which is the total income that can be used by the household sector for either consumption or saving during a given period of time, usually one year. This is the income left over after income taxes and social security taxes are removed and government transfer payments, like welfare, social security benefits, or unemployment compensation are added. Because consumption and saving are important to our economy for short-run stability and long-run growth, pointy-headed economists like to keep a close eye on disposable personal income. Disposable personal income is reported quarterly (every three months) in the National Income and Product Accounts maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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RESOURCE ALLOCATION The process of distributing resources for the production of goods and services which are then distributed for the satisfaction of wants and needs and human consumption. This is also commonly referred to by the single word "allocation." The resource allocation process is an essential part of an economy's effort to address the problem of scarcity
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time lost in your local discount super center hoping to buy either one of those "hang in there" kitty cat posters or a velvet painting of Elvis Presley. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments.
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The portrait on the quarter is a more accurate likeness of George Washington than that on the dollar bill.
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"It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate. " -- President Thomas Jefferson
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MSCI
Morgan Stanley Capital Index
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