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CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATE: The ratio of actual production by business sector factories and other productive establishments in the economy to the potential production of these establishments. This rate indicates if our economy's factories are being used as effectively and as fully as possible. Like the unemployment rate, the capacity utilization rate measures how close our economy is to full employment. And like unemployment, this rate moves up and down over the course of a business cycle. During expansions, the rate is near 85 percent (considered full employment), and during contractions, it tends to be in the 70 percent range. In addition to an overall rate, there are also separate rates for manufacturing, mining, and utility industries.
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CREDIT CARD: A piece of plastic (about 2 inches by 3 1/2 inches) that authorizes a user to make use of a pre-established loan (or line of credit) with a bank, store, or other business when conducting transactions (that is, buying stuff). Credit cards a simply a means of easily and quickly borrowing the funds needed to make a purchase. Some folks confuse credit cards with money, using the term "plastic money," in that both are used to facilitate purchases. However, credit cards create a liability (the loan), while money is an asset. The only real plastic money is debit cards. See also | loan | liability | credit | money | asset | debit card | bank |
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CAPITAL ACCOUNT, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS A subset of the balance of payments accounts that tracks the flow of currency and other monetary assets used to purchase financial and physical assets. This part of balance of payments tracks domestic investment in the foreign sector and foreign investment in the domestic sector. This is one of two primary subsets of the balance of payments. The other is the current account. A deficit or surplus in the capital account is matched by an opposite surplus deficit in the current account.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time waiting for visits from door-to-door solicitors wanting to buy either a wall poster commemorating next Thursday or a pair of gray heavy duty boot socks. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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Cyrus McCormick not only invented the reaper for harvesting grain, he also invented the installment payment for selling his reaper.
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"We succeed in enterprises (that) demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those (that) can also make use of our defects." -- Alexis de Tocqueville, Statesman
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