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CAPITAL: One of the four basic categories of resources, or factors of production. It includes the manufactured (or previously produced) resources used to manufacture or produce other things. Common examples of capital are the factories, buildings, trucks, tools, machinery, and equipment used by businesses in their productive pursuits. Capital's primary role in the economy is to improve the productivity of labor as it transforms the natural resources of land into wants-and-needs-satisfying goods.
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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 5: Issues
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Politics are never far from economics, especially when doing economic policies.- Some people prefer lower unemployment and higher inflation, while others would rather have higher unemployment and lower inflation.
- If the Chairman of the Fed is inclined for lower unemployment and higher inflation, then the Fed is more likely to do expansionary monetary policy.
- If the Chairman of the Fed is inclined for higher unemployment and lower inflation, then the Fed is more likely to do contractionary monetary policy.
Federal Reserve founders took special steps to avoid an overtly political affiliation, to avoid making the Fed part of the current administration.
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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX A measure of consumer attitudes, preferences, and expectations concerning the state of the economy and business cycle conditions that is compiled each month by The Conference Board. The Conference Board is also responsible for compiling the leading, coincident, and lagging economic indicators. The Consumer Confidence Index is one of two primary measures of consumer attitudes. The other is the Index of Consumer Sentiment developed by the University of Michigan.
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