aggregate demand (AD)
total demand for goods and services in an economy at a given time
aggregate supply (AS)
total supply of final goods and services in an economy at a given time
consumer spending
total individual and household purchases of consumer goods and services
entrepreneurship
activity by companies and individuals bringing products to market
export
good or service sold in other countries
gross domestic product (GDP)
measurement of a country's total economic output
import
good or service produced abroad and bought domestically
interest rate
cost of borrowing money, expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed; or equivalently, the return on savings
menu cost
cost incurred when a business changes its prices
natural rate of unemployment
the amount of unemployment that occurs when the economy is producing at potential output
natural resource
a naturally existing form of physical capital that provides inputs to production, such as land, minerals, water, agricultural products, and forests
real wages
wages expressed in terms of the actual amount of goods and services that they can purchase, or wages adjusted for inflation
relative price
price of a good or service relative to the price of other goods and services
sticky price
a price that does not change quickly in response to shifts in supply or demand
sticky wage
a wage that does not change quickly in response to changes in the labor market