2-3: Other Measures of Economic Activity

The money spent by a business for an item that will be used over a long period of time.

• Capital Spending

• Capital Project

• Capital Letter

• Business Capital

Involve spending by businesses for items such as land, buildings, equipment and new products.

• Capital Spending

• Capital Projects

• Capital Budget

• Closed Captioning

The money for capital projects comes from 3 main sources. They are: (choose all 3)

• personal savings

• stock investments

• bonds

• income taxes

businesses use money that you deposit into a bank

• In return the bank pays you interest for keeping your money there.

• The savings rate for a country is an important factor in measuring economic growth

• THIS IS CALLED:

• Personal Savings

• Personal Checking

• Personal Investments

• Sliding into your DMs

This investment activity states that corporations are a major type of business organization where people invest by becoming part owners of a corporation

• The stock market

• Personal Savings

• The Bond Market

• Stocks and Bonds

Stocks:

(choose all that apply)

• represent ownership in a corporation

• value can be affected by many factors

• supply and demand are major factors of stock value

• stock ownership is called equity

In this Investment activity corporations borrow money from you.

• The stock market

• The bond market

• Stocks and Bonds

• Capital Spending

Bonds:

(choose all that apply)

• represents debt for an organization

• means you have lent money to an organization

• means you are paid interest for the use of your money

• its value is affected by supply and demand

When people expect services from federal, state and local governments this can lead to

• Government Debt

• Cry babies

• Too many taxes

• Government Buying Power

A budget surplus is when

• corporations borrow money from you

• a government spends less than it takes in

• a government spends more than it takes in

• debt for an organization