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GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION: Actions on the part of government that affect economic activity, resource allocation, and especially the voluntary decisions made through normal market exchanges. Government, by its very nature, is designed to intervene in voluntary market activity. Some of the more common types of government intervention includes taxes, price controls, assorted regulations, and control over government spending. The general justification for government intervention is that voluntary decisions by consumers and businesses fail to achieve efficiency or other goals deemed important by society.
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS The official unemployment rate, which measures the proportion of the civilian labor force 16 years or older that is not engaged in productive activities but is actively seeking employment, might be either overstated or understated due to discouraged workers, part-time workers, and unreported legal or illegal employment. Taken together, these measurement problems suggest that the official unemployment rate is likely understated during business-cycle contraction and overstated during business-cycle expansions.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers looking to buy either a lighted magnifying glass or a small, foam rubber football. Be on the lookout for high interest rates.
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The Dow Jones family of stock market price indexes began with a simple average of 11 stock prices in 1884.
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"An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality." -- Richard Bach, Author
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NAG
Net Annual Gain
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