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FACTOR PAYMENTS: Wage, interest, rent, and profit payments for the services of scarce resources, or the factors of production (labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurship), in return for productive services. Factor payments are frequently categorized according to the services of the productive resource. Wages are paid for the services of labor, interest is the payment for the services of capital, rent is the services for land, and profit is the factor payment to entrepreneurship. In the circular flow, these are payments made by the business sector for factor services purchased from the household sector through the financial markets.
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Lesson 3: Scarcity | Unit 2: Resources
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- The use of limited resources (factors of production) to produce goods and services that satisfy wants and needs.
- The four basic types of resources: labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurship.
- Labor as the human effort used to produce goods.
- Capital as the manufactured resource used in production.
- Land as the natural resources that provide the materials used in goods.
- Entrepreneurship as the factor that combines other resources in the production process.
- Differences between limited, scarce, and free resources.
- The fuzzy areas of overlap between the different types of resources.
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ADVISORY COUNCILS, FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Three support committees that provide feedback to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to assist in its assorted regulatory responsibilities, including Federal Advisory Council, Thrift Institutions Advisory Council, and Consumer Advisory Council. The Federal Advisory Council is a broad ranging council comprise of commercial bankers. The Thrift Institutions Advisory Council is comprised of representatives of thrift institutions. The Consumer Advisory Council is comprised of consumer credit representatives.
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The word "fiscal" is derived from a Latin word meaning "moneybag."
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"The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. " -- Joe Paterno, football coach
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