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Economics
Chapters 14, 15, 16
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Economics
10th Grade
06/02/2010

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Revenue
Definition
income recieved by a government from taxes
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progressive tax
Definition
tax for which percentage of income paid in taxes increases as income increases
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proportional tax
Definition
tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes remains the same at all income levels
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Regressive Tax
Definition
tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes decreases as income increases
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tax base
Definition
income, property good or service that is subject to a tax
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individual income tax
Definition
tax based on person's earnings
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corporate income tax
Definition
tax based on company's profits
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property tax
Definition
tax based on real estate and other property
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Sales tax
Definition
tax based on goods or services that are sold
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incidence of a tax
Definition
final burden of a tax
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taxable income
Definition
total income minus exemptions and deductions
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withholding
Definition
money taken out of your pay before you receive your paycheck
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entitlement
Definition
program that provides benefits for people if they meet certain eligibility requirements
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capital budget
Definition
money that government spends for major investments
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fiscal policy
Definition
use of government spending and tax collection to influence the economy
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federal budget
Definition
written document estimating the federal governments revenue and authorizing its spending for the coming year
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fiscal year
Definition
12 month period used for budgeting purposes
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appropriations bill
Definition
a bill that authorizes a specific amount of spending by the government
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expansionary policy
Definition
a fiscal policy used to encourage economic growth Increased spending, tax cuts
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contractionary policy
Definition
fiscal policy used to reduce economic growth, decreased spending, raise taxes
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classical economics
Definition
free markets regulate themselves
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productive capacity
Definition
maximum output that an economy can sustain over a period of time without increasing inflation
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Demand- side economics
Definition
demand for goods drives the economy
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Keynesian Economics
Definition
uses demand side theory as the basis for encouraging government action to help economy
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multiplier effect
Definition
every one dollar change in fiscal policy creates a change greater than one dollar in the national income
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automatic stabilizer
Definition
tool of fiscal policy that increases or decreases automatically depending on changes in GDP and personal income
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supply-side economics
Definition
idea that the supply of goods drives the economy
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check clearing
Definition
process by which banks record s whose account gives up money and whose account receives money when a customer writes a check
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bank holding company
Definition
company that owns more than one bank
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federal funds rate
Definition
interest rate that banks charge each other for loans
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discount rate
Definition
interest rate that the federal reserve charges commercial banks for loans
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money creation
Definition
money enters into circulation
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RRR
Definition
fraction of deposits that banks are required to keep in reserve
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excess reserves
Definition
banks reserve greater than the amount required by the federal reserve
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prime rate
Definition
rate of interest that banks charge on short term loans to their best customers
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