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NOMINAL GDP: The total market value, measured in current prices, of all goods and services produced within the political boundaries of an economy during a given period of time, usually one year. The key is that nominal gross domestic product is measured in current, or actual prices; the prices buyers actually pay for goods and services purchased. Nominal gross domestic product is also termed current gross domestic product.
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Lesson 12: Business Cycles | Unit 2: A Simple Cycle
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Expansions don't last forever. The end of an expansion is the peak, the turning point to a contraction.- Point C is the end of the expansion and the beginning of the contraction, the peak.
- A peak is the turning point between an expansion and a contraction.
- A peak is the highest level reached by the economy before a contraction begins, the high before the drop.
- Anticipating a peak turning point helps avoid the problems of unemployment, a bankrupt business, or lower income.
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ALLOCATION EFFECT A change in the allocation of resources caused by placing taxes on economic activity. By creating disincentives to produce, consume, or exchange, taxes generally alter resource allocations. The allocation effect is typically used when governments seek to discourage the production, consumption, or exchange of particular goods or activities that are deemed undesirable (such as tobacco use or pollution). This is one of two effects of taxation. The other (primary) is the revenue effect, which is the generation of revenue used to finance government operations.
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The earliest known use of paper currency was about 1270 in China during the rule of Kubla Khan.
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"Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence. It is no more or less than faith in action. " -- Henry Chester, Writer
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