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ALTERNATIVE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES: The official unemployment rate estimated and reported monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) using data from Current Population Survey is one of six alternative measures of unemployment tracked by the BLS, officially labeled U1-U6. The "official" unemployment rate is U3. The other five measures seek to document different ways in which labor can be underutilized, including unemployment duration, job losers, discouraged workers, marginally-attached workers, and part-time workers.
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Lesson 13: Aggregate Demand | Unit 2: Doing More
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Investment Expenditures
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The business sector is the group responsible for investment expenditures. Investment is the expenditures by the business sector on final goods and services, mainly capital goods like factories and equipment, undertaken in a given time period. Three specific categories of investment: - Fixed structures Buildings, factories, housing.
- Equipment Machinery and tools.
- Inventories Raw materials and unsold goods.
Investment is the most volatile of our four expenditures.
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RISK PREMIUM The difference between a guaranteed or certain income and a risky income that generate the same level of utility. Risk premium is the amount of income that a risk adverse person is willing to pay to avoid the risk. Alternatively, it is the amount of income that a risk loving person is willing to pay to engage in risk. For risk aversion, the risk premium is the amount a person would pay for insurance.
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626), a champion of the scientific method, died when he caught a severe cold while attempting to preserve a chicken by filling it with snow.
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"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment." -- Rita Mae Brown ‚ Writer
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NYBOR New York Interbank Offered Rate
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