Definitions of Economic Terms
Don't know your inflation from your stagflation? Check out our glossary of easy-to-understand definitions of economic and financial markets.
What is Racketeering?
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What Is Money Laundering?
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How Black Friday Got Its Name
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The 3 Types of Profit Margins and What They Tell You
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6 Major Welfare Programs Myths vs. Facts
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What Is the Federal Reserve and What Does It Do?
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Why Stagflation (Probably) Won't Reoccur
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5 Types of Volatility
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How the SEC Is Preventing Another Depression
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Ceteris Paribus Simplifies Economics
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What Is Common Stock?
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Could You Survive Hyperinflation?
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Deflation Threatens You More Than Inflation
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Four Ways an IPO Can Hurt or Help Your Business
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Why Your Pension Fund May Gone When You Need It
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How Diversity at Work Makes More Money for You
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Why Most Countries Hate Trade Deficits
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How Most Favored Nation Status Lowers Your Shopping Bill
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What Is the Average Income in the United States?
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How Capital Keeps the U.S. Economy Humming
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Should Everyone Get a Guaranteed Income?
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What's Wrong With Laissez-Faire Economics?
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What Is the New York Stock Exchange, and How Does It Work?
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2 Critical Ways Fannie Mae Helps You
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Per Capita: What It Means, Calculation, How to Use It
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What Real GDP per Capita Reveals About Your Lifestyle
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3 Driving Forces of a Bull Market
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Don't Miss the Holiday Sales on Green Monday
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3 Types of Market Cap
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How the Fed Controls the Money Supply
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Is Now the Most Miserable Time Since the Great Depression?
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Where's the Best Standard of Living? Depends Who You Ask
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3 Types of Securities You Must Know Before You Invest
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The 5 Critical Things That Keep the Economy Rolling
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What Is Black Friday?
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How Inflation Is Measured and Managed
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What Makes Derivatives So Dangerous?
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What Is Elastic Demand?
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Two Foolproof Ways to Increase Profit
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What Really Makes the World Go Round
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Are We in a Bear Market Now?
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Four Looming Threats in Municipal Bonds
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4 Factors of Production
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How Freddie Mac Affects You
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Meet the People Who Control the World's Money
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How Economic Growth Benefits You
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3 Ways Countries Increase Exports.
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How the Federal Reserve Discount Rate Controls All Other Rates
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Are You Officially in the Labor Force?
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Are Tranches Right for You?
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What Is Middle-Class Income?
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Interest Rates and How They Work
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5 Reasons Why No One Can Copy Silicon Valley's Success
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How to Compare the Cost of Living Around the World
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The Worst Day in Wall Street's History
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What Is Standard & Poor's (S&P)?
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Ponzi Scheme Examples and a Comparison to Pyramid Schemes
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Pigouvian Taxes: Definition, Examples, Pros and Cons
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How a Demand Curve Reflects Consumer Desires
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Five Defining Characteristics of Emerging Market Countries
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What You Need to Know About Cyber Monday
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What Is Human Capital?
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What Is a Goldilocks Economy?
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Why Airline Travel Is So Miserable, and Other Effects of Deregulation
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What Does a Production Possibilities Curve Show?
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How Capital Goods Drive Business Success