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RESERVATION PRICE: The lowest price at which a supplier is willing to supply any amount of a good. This is usually based on the minimum cost of production. For labor, it's the lowest wage that makes it worthwhile to get up in the morning, miss your favorite daytime television shows, and go to work.
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CONFERENCE BOARD, THE: A private, non-profit, global organization established in 1916 that collects and distributes economic data to assist consumers, business leaders, and government policy makers in their economic decisions. The Conference Board is responsible for compiling the leading, coincident, and lagging economic indicators that are used to track business-cycle activity as well as the widely publicized Consumer Confidence Index. The Conference Board also convenes numerous conferences each year that provide forums to discuss and analyze pressing economic issues. See also | business cycle indicators | leading economic indicators | coincident economic indicators | lagging economic indicators | National Bureau of Economic Research | Consumer Confidence Index | Index of Consumer Sentiment | business cycles | expansion | contraction | business cycle phases | full employment | economic growth | demand-driven business cycles | investment business cycles | political business cycles | stabilization policies | full employment | potential real gross domestic product | economic growth | political views |
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AVERAGE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME The proportion of household income that is used for consumption expenditures. The average propensity to consume (abbreviated APC) is really nothing more than average consumption. Together with the average propensity to save, it indicates how a given level of income is divided between consumption and saving. A related consumption measure is the marginal propensity to consume.
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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 hand lotion, a big bottle of hand lotion or a lighted magnifying glass. Be on the lookout for gnomes hiding in cypress trees.
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On a typical day, the United States Mint produces over $1 million worth of dimes.
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"The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything. " -- Albert Einstein, physicist
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RTA
Regional Trading Arrangement
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