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TERMS OF TRADE: The quantity of one good that's given up to get another. Terms of trade is usually applied to foreign trade, although it's just as applicable to any sort of exchange. Terms of (foreign) trade are said to improve when one country gives up a relatively smaller quantity of their stuff to get a relatively larger quantity of another country's stuff. Terms of trade depend on the relative productivity of two countries and is reflected by exchange rates.
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PERSONAL TAX AND NONTAX PAYMENTS The official item in the National Income and Product Accounts maintained by the Bureau of Economics Analysis measuring the personal income taxes paid to the government sector on personal income received by the household sector. Personal tax and nontax payments are subtracted from personal income (PI) to calculate disposable income (DI). Personal tax and nontax payments are about 15 percent of personal income and about 13 percent of gross domestic product.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time visiting every yard sale in a 30-mile radius trying to buy either a handcrafted spice rack or a cell phone case. Be on the lookout for gnomes hiding in cypress trees.
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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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