OVERHEATED ECONOMY
An economic situation where growth is occurring too quickly that economists fear a rise in inflation. This exists when producers cannot produce enough goods or services to meet the rising demand, and raise prices instead.
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Applied Overhead
Under the method of cost-accounting, it records applied overhead which is the fixed charge to a department in a company or specific job production. ...
Currency Substitution
Replacing the domestic currency with a foreign currency in a transaction. Governments and citizens of developing nations have used foreign currenci ...
Black Tuesday
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 12% or over 16 million shares in a panic selloff on October 29. 1929.
Deductible
An amount subtracted from an individual's adjusted gross income to reduce the amount of taxable income. The amount you have to pay out-of-pocke ...
Jeffrey Sachs
An American economist and Director of the Earth Institute. Sachs also teaches sustainable development and health policy and management at Columbia ...
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Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts
The concepts involved in macroeconomics focus on three fields, including national output and income, unemployment, and inflation and deflation. The ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Pension Plans
Deducing on the topic we previously discussed, this tutorial now puts the spotlight on the pension fund. It is a distinct long-term obligation for ...
Buying a Home: Choosing the Best Location
The first consideration when buying a new house is choosing the place where you want to live, regardless if this will serve as an investment or upg ...
Macroeconomics: A Brief History
Macroeconomics is a branch of study under Economics that deals with the economy’s growth and the way it behaves. It examines nationwide pheno ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Filing
Companies need to file several financial reports in different periods with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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