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Standard of living
This term defines the necessities, comforts, and luxuries enjoyed or desired by an individual
or family.
Business cycle
This general term describes the wavelike pattern of rising and falling economic activity,
consisting of expansions, peaks, contractions, and troughs.
Purchasing power
This term is used to characterize the value of a currency by describing the amount of goods
and services each dollar buys at a given time. Deflation, the opposite of inflation, tends to
increase this value.
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Inflation
This phenomenon is measured by the increasing cost over time of goods and services that a
typical household might purchase.
Utility
This economic term refers to the satisfaction received from buying and using certain types
or quantities of goods and services.
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