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Increasing unemployment and decreasing GDP is a sign of what part of the Business Cycle? Options: Expansion, Peak, Contraction, Hot Cheetos

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Contraction

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If GDP falls for at least 2 Quarters, it is called.

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Recession

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What term is used to describe the percent of the labor force that does not have a job but is currently looking for one?

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Unemployment rate

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What term is used to describe an increase in the general price level?

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Inflation

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Which is NOT included in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of the economy? Final goods and services, Dollars, Government spending

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Work done at home such as house renovations

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Which best describes GDP? Options: Monetary value of all final goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a year, Personal income and expenses each day, It is a cycle of things and stuff, Products shipped from one country to another for purchase

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Monetary value of all final goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a year

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Which term describes the phases of expansion and contraction in an economy over time? Options: Recessions, Business cycles, Output yo-yos, Total product oscillations

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Business cycles

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The phase of a business cycle in which real GDP reaches the lowest level is the.

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Trough

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Which would most likely occur during a period of recession? Options: Cost-push inflation occurs, Unemployment rate falls, Production increase, Real gross domestic output falls

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Real gross domestic output falls

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Which of the following is associated with peaks in the business cycle? Relatively high levels of unemployment, Recessions, Relatively low levels of unemployment, Both High Unemployment and Recession

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Relatively low levels of unemployment