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ACCUMULATION: The process of acquiring an item and adding that item to others previously acquired. In an economic context this most often refers to the accumulation of capital, as in the phrase "capital accumulation." However, it is also used in the context of consumer durable goods, financial assets, money, wealth, and a host of other "stock" variables. When applied to capital, the process of accumulation occurs through investment.

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Lesson 10: Utility and Demand | Unit 1: The Set Up Page: 4 of 21

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In this unit, you should have learned about:
  • A review of the demand concepts that are closely investigated by the study of utility, including law of demand, demand price, quantity demanded, income effect, and substitution effect.
  • A review of the utility concepts associated with consumer demand theory, including total utility, marginal utility, law of diminishing marginal utility, and utility maximization.
  • Why buying decisions are likely to depend on the marginal utility received and the law of diminishing marginal utility.
  • How the analysis of utility and consumer demand can be used to understand other decisions.

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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 and reported by the BLS, officially labeled sequentially U1 through U6. The "official" unemployment rate is U3. The other five measures seek to document different ways in which labor can be under utilized, including unemployment duration, job losers, discouraged workers, marginal workers, and part-time workers.

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