There are 146 entries in the GLOSS*arama starting with the letter I.

Entries 1 through 35:

• I
• IADB
• IBT
• IDB
• identification lag
• IEBNR
• IMF
• immigration
• impact lag
• imperfect competition
• implementation lag
• implicit collusion
• implicit cost
• implicit logrolling
• implicit opportunity cost
• implicit price deflator
• import
• import quota
• import substitution
• imports
• imports line
• in-kind payment
• incentive
• income
• income change, utility analysis
• income distribution
• income earned but not received
• income effect
• income elasticity of demand
• income received but not earned
• income statement
• income tax
• income, demand determinant
• income-expenditure model
• income-price model

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The positive difference of the value of goods and services exported out of a country less the value of goods and services imported into the country. A balance of trade surplus is the official term for positive net exports that occurs when exports exceed imports. A balance of trade surplus is also termed a "favorable" balance of trade because it results in a net inflow of monetary payments into the domestic economic from the foreign sector, which tends to be beneficial to a country. The alternative is a balance of trade deficit in which imports exceed exports.

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The time has come to take a firm stand! The Shady Valley Gazette Tribune-Journal has published an inflammatory editorial calling for a "pedestrian" tax on anyone who ambles around the economy. This tax, as every pedestrian would surely agree, is misguided and short-sighted. It's also unfair and probably unconstitutional. How DARE the editors of the Shady Valley Gazette Tribune-Journal call for a "pedestrian" tax. Sure they argue that ambling pedestrians should help pay for the sidewalks, traffic signals, and other assorted public goods. But, it's certainly not in MY best interest as a pedestrian to pay this misguided, short-sighted, unfair, and probably unconstitutional tax.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at an auction seeking to buy either storage boxes for your income tax returns or an AC adapter for your CD player. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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