Tài chính trung gian phi ngân hàng: Tiết kiệm và cho vay (S & Ls), tiết kiệm ngân hàng Mutual, công đoàn tín dụng, Ngân hàng hoặc hợp tác xã và các Ngân hàng đất Liên bang. B. Fractional yêu cầu của Hệ thống Dự trữ Liên bang | Tools for Measuring Economic Performance-10 Standard and Benchmarks 10-05 Unemployment Define unemployment. Describe four kinds of employment. Measure the unemployment rate. Describe the differences by age race and gender of unemployment. 10-06 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Define aggregate demand and supply. Determine the slope of aggregate supply and demand curves. Describe the relationship of aggregate demand and supply to macroeconomic equilibrium. 10-07 Business Cycles Define business cycles. Discuss business cycle occurrences in the 20th century in American Identify five factors that affect business cycle occurrences. 83 Tools for Measuring Economic Performance-10 Instructional Ideas INSTRUCTIONAL IDEAS General Information Economists utilize a number of different tools in order to measure the health of the . economy. As social scientists they are concerned with measuring and evaluating the total level of economic activity in the economy in four distinct areas 1 The total level of employment 2 The general level of prices 3 The level of national income 4 The total amount of consumption and production Each of these areas will be covered in this unit. There are many ways to depict the flow of the national economy but perhaps the circular flow diagram on page 93 of this section is the best way to depict it for the students. Coverage of this diagram leads nicely into a presentation of measuring and evaluating the total level of economic activity in the economy in the four areas listed above. Benchmark Specific Instructional Ideas 10-01 Measuring Economic Performance A. Define macroeconomics and microeconomics 1. Microeconomics is the study of the activity of individual units in the economy. Examples A micro-oriented person is interested in the effect of a company s price increase on consumer demand for the product. In this case the focus is on the company s interrelationship with its market. 2. Macroeconomics is the study of the overall economic activity
