Brain-storm

1. Brain-storm List Synonyms for: Depression

2. now List synonyms for great

3. Great Depression • What conclusions can you draw about the meaning of the two words together?

4. Economic Definitions • Inflation is a general upward movement of prices for goods and services in an economy • Nominal Gross Domestic Product is the market value of all final goods and service produced within a country in a year. • Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the production of all final goods and services within a country valued at a constant prices (i.e., adjusted for inflation or deflation) • Unemployment rate is the percentage of the labor force who are unemployed. • Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. • Deflation is a general downward movement of prices for goods and services in an economy • Depression is a very severe recession; a period of severely declining economic activity spread across the economy normally visible in a decline in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, whole-sale retail credit, and the loss of the overall confidence in the economy.

5. Inflation • Defined as a general upward movement in the price of goods and services in an economy • Prices of individual goods and services rise and fall at different rates • Measures (with deflation) the average or general tendency of price changes. • If prices increase at a faster rate than people’s salaries people aren’t able to buy as many goods and services

6. deflation • A general downward movement in the prices of goods and services in an economy • Falling prices may seem appealing • Often has falling wages and increasing unemployment • Debtors are paying back money owed with money

7. Create a Venn Diagram for notes

8. One statement at a time • Re-phrase and place each statement in the correct space on the Venn Diagram • With your partner – • Decide which characteristics that deflation and inflation share

9. Deflation Inflation

10. Price Stability important to a healthy economy • Consumer Price Index (CPI) • Statistic that is reported monthly and indicate annual percentage changes in price levels • Measures changes in price levels by consumers in their day-to-day purchases and is used by economists to analyze the cost of living. • It allows people to measure inflation or deflation year-to-year or during different historical periods.

11. Study the charts and answer the questions.