Economic measures and how to discuss them

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Economic measures and how to discuss them

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1. Economic output (20 entries)
  1. nominal output
  2. per capita output
  3. real output
  4. value added
  5. contraction
  6. government expenditure
  7. net exports
  8. budget deficit
  9. assess distributional effects
  10. transfer payment
  11. labour mobility
  12. demand management
  13. underemployment
  14. disposable income
  15. redistribute surplus
  16. discretionary spending
  17. undefined term
  18. material footprint
  19. productivity
  20. just-in-time production
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2. Prices and purchasing power (20 entries)
  1. purchasing power
  2. deflation
  3. adjust for inflation
  4. erode purchasing power
  5. real wage
  6. price shock
  7. pass on costs
  8. disinflation
  9. cost pressure
  10. price stability
  11. basket of goods
  12. squeeze household budgets
  13. nominal wage
  14. consumer price index
  15. budget shortfall
  16. foot the bill
  17. dampen variation
  18. expand on heating
  19. real purchasing power
  20. balanced clause
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3. Emphasis, precision and concise explanations (20 entries)
  1. tighten the wording
  2. emphatic contrast
  3. unpack an idea
  4. focus marker
  5. strengthen a commitment
  6. shift of stress
  7. intensifier
  8. foreground
  9. preserve the nuance
  10. compressed argument
  11. condense
  12. restrained tone
  13. abstract noun
  14. obscure
  15. vague pronoun
  16. streamline a paragraph
  17. active construction
  18. name the referent
  19. loaded adjective
  20. invoke
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4. Distribution and living standards (20 entries)
  1. relative poverty
  2. narrow a gap
  3. social mobility
  4. household wealth
  5. wealth concentration
  6. material deprivation
  7. median income
  8. absolute poverty
  9. income distribution
  10. housing affordability
  11. regional disparity
  12. redistribute income
  13. measure hardship
  14. marginally
  15. owner-occupier
  16. breadwinner
  17. outsized
  18. patchy
  19. perishable
  20. squat
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5. Policy effects and qualified claims (20 entries)
  1. fiscal policy
  2. curb inflation
  3. stimulate demand
  4. adverse
  5. multiplier effect
  6. policy evaluation
  7. stimulus
  8. subsidy
  9. austerity
  10. temper a claim
  11. absolute claim
  12. qualified claim
  13. resolve an ambiguity
  14. rhetorical weight
  15. unintended implication
  16. recast
  17. ambiguous reference
  18. parenthetical remark
  19. qualify a prediction
  20. redundant phrase
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