cyclical swings
1Cyclical Deficit — The portion of a country s budget deficit which is due to economic swings, with budget positions tending to deteriorate as economies slow, tax revenues fall and welfare spending rises. The cyclically adjusted deficit strips out the impact that …
2Cyclical theory — The cyclical theory refers to a model used by historian Arthur Schlesinger to attempt to explicate the fluctuations in politics throughout American History. Liberalism and conservatism are rooted in the “national mood” that shows a continuing… …
3World-systems approach — World system approach is a post Marxist view of world affairs, one of several historical and current applications of Marxism to international relations. One of the basics of the approach is its view of imperialism, which for many Marxists during… …
4government economic policy — ▪ finance Introduction measures by which a government attempts to influence the economy. The national budget generally reflects the economic policy of a government, and it is partly through the budget that the government exercises its three …
5Semiconductor industry — The semiconductor industry is the collection of business firms engaged in the design and fabrication of semiconductor devices. Once semiconductors became a viable business around 1960, following the first laboratory transistors, rapid… …
6Roswell, New Mexico — Infobox Settlement official name = The City of Roswell settlement type = City nickname = All America City imagesize = image caption = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location in the state of New Mexico. mapsize1 =… …
7Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
8business cycle — a recurrent fluctuation in the total business activity of a country. [1920 25] * * * Periodic fluctuation in the rate of economic activity, as measured by levels of employment, prices, and production. Economists have long debated why periods of… …
9O (Cirque du Soleil) — O Cover art from the O music album Company Cirque du Soleil Genre …
10poverty — /pov euhr tee/, n. 1. the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. 2. deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil. 3. scantiness;… …
