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YIELD CURVE: A curve plotting the yields (or returns) on securities with different maturity lengths. The standard yield is for U.S. Treasury securities with lengths ranging from 90 days to 30 years. The five maturity lengths are usually 90 day, 180 day, 2 year, 5 year, 10 year, and 30 year. The shape and slope fo the yield curve indicates the state of the economy and what's likely to come. A normal yield curve has a slight positive slope, with slightly higher yields for longer maturity securities. A steep yield curve suggests the end of a contraction and beginning of an expansion. An inverted, or negatively sloped yield curve is the sign of an upcoming contraction.

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Lesson 23: Factor Market Equilibrium | Unit 1: Intro Page: 5 of 24

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  • Factor markets are only part of the economic picture.

  • This diagram depicts the basic circular flow of the economy.

  • The circular flow is the continuous production and consumption interaction among the household and business sectors that takes place through the product and resource markets.
  • Examining the circular flow more closely.

  • Two Sectors:
    • Household
    • Business

  • The household and business sectors interact through Two Markets:

    • Product Markets
    • Resource Markets


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PRIVATE GOODS

Goods characterized by rival consumption and the ability to exclude nonpayers. Private goods are one of four types of goods differentiated by consumption rivalry and nonpayer excludability. The other three goods are public (nonrival consumption and nonpayers cannot be excluded), common-property (rival consumption and nonpayers cannot be excluded), and near-public (nonrival consumption and nonpayers can be excluded). Rival consumption and the ease of excluding of nonpayers means private goods can be efficiently exchanged through markets.

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