Index

  • A
  • adverse selection
    • definition
  • aggregate consumption function
    • definition
  • aggregate demand
    • and multiplier model
    • definition
    • shifts in
    • shocks
    • see also shocks
  • aggregate demand function
  • aggregate expenditure
    • definition
  • aggregate investment
    • and interest rate changes
    • and profit expectations
  • aggregate investment function
    • definition
  • Amazon
    • deforestation of
    • non-compete clause
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  • anchored inflation expectations
    • see also inflation
  • antitrust policies
    • see competition (antitrust) policies
  • appreciation
    • definition
    • real
  • Arctic sea ice
    • decline of
  • Argentina
    • economy
    • exchange rate policy
    • inflation
    • use of monetary finance
  • Arrow, Kenneth
  • asset price bubble
    • definition
  • asset prices
    • and consumer expenditure
    • definition
  • assets
    • and price bubbles
    • and risk
    • definition
  • asymmetric information
    • definition
  • Auerbach, Alan
  • austerity
    • definition
  • Australia
    • economy
    • labour market
    • mining and construction
  • autocracy
    • definition
  • automatic stabilizers
    • definition
  • automation
    • effect on market incomes
  • autonomous consumption
    • definition
  • autonomous demand
    • definition
  • autonomous investment
    • definition
  • average cost
  • average product of capital
    • definition
  • average product of labour
  • B
  • ‘bail-in’
    • definition
  • balance sheet
    • definition
  • Bangladesh
    • economic growth
    • garment industry
    • microfinance
    • trade
  • bank contagion
  • bank deposits
    • as means of exchange
  • bank insolvency
  • bank money
    • definition
  • Bank of England
    • see also central bank
  • bank runs
    • definition
  • banking crisis, 2007
    • see ‘great recession’ 2007
  • banknotes
    • circulation of
  • banks
    • regulation of
    • role of
    • see also central bank, role of; commmercial banks
  • ‘bargaining curve’
  • bargaining gap
    • definition
  • barter economy
  • base money
    • definition
  • Better Life Index
  • BNP Paribas
  • bond market
    • definition
  • bonds
    • and interest rate changes
    • definition
  • boom-bust cycles
  • Botswana
    • economic growth
    • institutions
    • investment share of GDP
  • Brazil
    • voting rights in
  • Bretton Woods
  • bubble
    • see asset price bubble; house price bubble
  • business cycle
    • definition
    • model
  • C
  • California
    • energy transition
  • Canada
    • 2023 wildfires
    • inflation targeting
  • capacity constrained
    • definition
  • capacity utilization
    • definition
    • low
  • capital
    • definition
  • capital adequacy
  • capital adequacy requirements
    • definition
  • capital controls
  • capital gain
    • definition
  • capital goods
    • definition
  • capital intensity
    • definition
  • capital mobility
    • and exchange rates
    • and interest rates
  • capital productivity
  • capitalism
    • definition
  • capitalist economy
  • carbon capture and storage
  • carbon emissions
    • and living standards
  • carbon tax
  • carbon trap
    • see global warming and carbon trap
  • carbon-based transport
  • Castro, Fidel
  • catch-up growth
    • definition
  • causation
    • definition
  • central bank
    • assets
    • balance sheet
    • interest rate setting
    • liabilities
    • role of
  • central bank independence
    • definition
  • ceteris paribus
  • CFA common currency area
  • CFA franc
  • Chile
    • Allende economic programme
  • China
    • COVID effect on economy
    • economic transformation of
    • exchange rate regime
    • growth rates
    • output and capital growth
    • party governance
  • China shock
  • circular flow of income
  • civil liberties
    • definition
  • climate change
    • and government policy
    • see also environmental crisis modelling; global warming
  • climate investment
  • co-insurance
    • definition
  • collateral
    • definition
    • in housing finance
  • colonization
    • and economic growth
  • commercial banks
    • reserves
    • see also banks, role of
  • commodity markets
    • definition
  • commodity money
    • definition
  • commodity price shocks
    • see also shocks
  • common currency
    • definition
  • common currency area
    • and exchange rate
    • and long-run inflation
    • definition
    • demand shocks in
    • see also CFA common currency area; eurozone
  • competition
    • and market power
    • and wage-setting
    • in product market
  • competition (antitrust) policies
  • compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
  • confidence
    • effect on spending
  • conflict of interest
  • constant prices
    • definition
  • constant returns technology
  • constrained choice problem
    • definition
  • consumer price index (CPI)
    • definition
  • consumer price inflation
  • consumption
    • and credit constraints
    • autonomous
    • definition
    • domestic
    • life cycle model
    • volatility
  • consumption smoothing
    • definition
    • limits
  • convergence
    • definition
  • coordination game
  • coordination problems
    • and low growth
  • Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act 2020
  • corporate bond
    • and risk
    • see also bonds
  • correlation
    • definition
  • correlation vs causation
  • cost of living
    • country comparisons
  • cost of living crisis, 2022
  • ‘cost push’ inflation
    • see also inflation
  • COVID-19
    • economic effects
  • creative destruction
    • definition
  • credit constraints
    • and consumption behaviour
    • definition
  • credit market exclusion
    • definition
  • crowd out
    • definition
  • currency
    • see bank money
  • currency union
    • see common currency area
  • cyclical unemployment
    • definition
    • see also unemployment
  • D
  • Danish flexicurity triangle
  • debt
    • bilateral
    • financing
  • debt financing
  • decile
    • definition
  • decoupling
    • definition
  • default
    • definition
  • default premium
    • definition
  • default risk
  • deflation
    • and pandemic
    • definition
  • degrowth
    • and carbon emissions
    • definition
  • demand
    • autonomous
    • fluctuations in
    • price elasticity
  • demand shock
    • and monetary policy
    • definition
    • negative
  • demand side
    • definition
  • demand-pull inflation
    • see also inflation
  • democracy
    • and economic policy
    • and inequality
    • components of
    • definition
    • growth and decline
  • democratic accountability
    • and principal-agent relationship
  • Denmark
    • effect of COVID-19
    • exchange rate regime
    • labour market and employment
    • unemployment rate
  • depreciation
    • definition
    • real
  • developmental states
    • definition
  • discretionary fiscal policy
    • definition
    • see also fiscal policy
  • disequilibrium growth
  • disinflation
    • definition
  • disposable income
    • definition
  • diversification
    • definition
  • dividends
  • ‘dollarization’
    • definition
  • duration curve of government
  • ‘Dutch disease’
  • E
  • Eastern Europe
    • collapse of planned economy
  • economic competition
  • economic dynamics
    • definition
  • economic growth
    • measuring
  • economic infeasibility
    • definition
  • economic models
  • economic profit
    • definition
  • economic rent
    • definition
    • see also rent-seeking
  • economically feasible
    • definition
  • economically inactive
    • definition
  • education
    • and inequality
    • effect on economic growth
    • effect on price-setting curve
  • El Niño
    • economic effects of
  • El Salvador
    • transition to democracy
  • elections
    • in democracy
  • electric vehicles
    • adoption of
    • and green values
  • electricity consumption and GDP
  • employment rate
  • employment rent
    • definition
  • endogenous growth
    • definition
  • energy imports
    • and WS-PS model
  • energy transition
    • and social movements
  • energy use per person
  • environmental crisis modelling
  • environmental dynamics curve (EDC)
    • see also price dynamics curve (PDC)
  • environmental policies
  • equilibrium
    • definition
    • stable
    • unstable
  • equities
    • and risk
    • definition
    • see also shares
  • equity
    • definition
    • investment
  • ‘euro-ization’
  • European Central Bank
  • eurozone
  • eurozone crisis 2010
  • excess demand
    • definition
  • excess supply
    • definition
  • exchange rate
    • and inflation
    • and monetary policy
    • and unemployment
    • definition
    • depreciation
    • effect on trade
    • fixed
    • flexible
    • in common currency area
    • nominal
    • real
    • regimes globally
  • Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)
  • exchange rate regimes
    • and inflation
    • and rate setting
    • fixed
    • global
    • ‘managed’
    • ‘shadow’
    • ‘target’
    • see also exchange rate; ‘fixed’ rate regime; flexible exchange rate regime
  • exchange rate, fixed
    • see exchange rate; ‘fixed’ exchange rate regime
  • exchange rate, flexible
    • see exchange rate
  • exogenous
    • definition
  • exogenous growth
    • definition
  • exogenous shock
    • definition
  • ‘expectations-driven’ inflation
    • see expected inflation
  • expected inflation
    • definition
    • see also inflation
  • exports
    • definition
  • external effects
    • definition
  • extractive colony
  • F
  • factors of production
    • definition
  • fairness
    • definition
  • fallacy of composition
    • definition
  • feasible frontier
    • definition
  • feasible set
    • definition
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • feedback
    • see negative feedback; positive feedback
  • ‘fiat’ money
  • financial accelerator
    • definition
  • financial crisis 2007
    • see ‘great recession’ 2007
  • financial intermediaries
    • definition
  • financial markets
  • financial sector
    • and debt
    • composition
    • role of
  • financial system
    • instability in
  • fire sale
    • definition
  • firms
    • definition
    • investment funding
    • price-setting
  • fiscal contraction
  • fiscal multiplier
    • recession
    • see also multiplier model
  • fiscal policy
    • definition
    • discretionary
  • fiscal stimulus
  • Fisher equation
    • see also interest rates
  • Fix regime
    • see fixed exchange rate regime
  • fixed exchange rate
    • definition
  • fixed exchange rate regime
    • and capital mobility
    • and rate setting
    • definition
    • see also exchange rate, fixed
  • fixed investment
    • definition
  • flexible exchange rate
    • definition
    • see also exchange rate; flexible exchange rate regime
  • flexible exchange rate regime
    • and inflation
    • and monetary policy
    • and rate setting
    • with inflation target
    • with no inflation target
  • ‘flexicurity’
  • FlexIT regime
    • see flexible exchange rate regime with inflation target
  • FlexNIT regime
    • see flexible exchange rate regime with no inflation target
  • fossil fuels
    • as share of energy consumption
  • Frederiksen, Mette
  • free rider
    • definition
  • free rider problem
  • Friedman, Milton
  • Fukuyama, Francis
  • fundamental uncertainty
    • see uncertainty
  • G
  • GDP
    • see gross domestic product
  • GDP deflator
    • definition
    • see also gross domestic product (GDP)
  • gearing
    • definition
    • see also leverage
  • general equilibrium
    • definition
  • general equilibrium analysis
  • Germany
    • economic effects of reunification
    • employment rate
    • inflation rate over time
    • labour market
    • macroeconomic performance
    • worker-employer relations
  • gig economy
  • Gini coefficient
    • definition
  • Gini, Corrado
  • global capital mobility
    • see capital mobility
  • global economic shocks
    • see also shocks
  • global financial crisis, 2007
    • see ‘great recession’ 2007
  • global income, median
    • see median global income
  • global warming
    • and carbon trap
    • and environmental policy
    • see also carbon emissions; climate change; Paris Accord 2015;
  • gold
    • use as money
  • goods market equilibrium
    • definition
  • Gorodnichenko, Yuriy
  • governance
    • and inflation
    • quality of
  • government
    • and economic security provision
    • and poverty alleviation
    • and provision of public goods
    • as economic actor
    • borrowing
    • budget
    • budget deficit
    • capacity constraints
    • climate change policy
    • definition
    • GDP spending
    • inflation and popularity of
    • information function
    • regulation
    • role in economy
    • see also government corruption; government failure; government spending
  • government austerity policy
  • government bonds
    • and risk
    • see also bonds
  • government budget deficit
    • definition
    • see also government, budget
  • government corruption
  • government debt
    • and hyperinflation
    • and quantitative easing
  • government failure
  • government spending
    • definition
  • government transfers
    • definition
  • Great Depression (1920s/30s)
  • ‘Great Divergence’
  • ‘great recession’ 2007
    • and bank reforms
  • green growth
    • and carbon emissions
    • definition
  • gross domestic product (GDP)
    • and climate change
    • and non-market activity
    • and underground economy
    • calculation of
    • components of
    • cross-country comparison
    • definition
    • imports and exports
    • interpreting
    • nominal
    • real
  • gross fixed capital formation
    • definition
  • growth dynamics curve
    • definition
  • growth dynamics model
    • and growth rates
    • definition
  • growth rates
    • and rule of 70
    • measuring
    • see also economic growth
  • growth transitions
  • growth, barriers to
  • H
  • Habakkuk, John
  • harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP)
  • Harris, Seymour
  • Hayek, Friedrich
  • hedonic quality adjustment
  • high-technology equilibrium
  • Hirschman, Albert O.
    • Exit, Voice and Loyalty 1970
  • hockey stick growth
    • definition
  • hockey stick growth model
  • Hotelling model
    • and economic competition
  • Hotelling, Harold
  • house price bubble
  • household wealth inequality
  • housing
    • as investment
    • rate of return on
  • housing collateral
  • housing market
    • booms and busts
    • positive and negative feedback
  • human capital
    • definition
  • Human Development Index
  • hyperinflation
    • definition
  • I
  • illegal economy
  • illiquid
    • definition
  • import prices
    • effects of rise in
  • imports
    • definition
  • imputed rent
    • definition
  • incentives
    • and public policy
  • income
    • disposable
    • market
  • income distribution
    • global
    • in egalitarian systems
  • income inequality
    • in high-income countries
  • India
    • growth rates
    • state of democracy
  • indifference curve
    • definition
  • inequality
    • economic
    • effect of democracy on
    • effect of democracy on
    • global
    • income
    • political
  • inflation
    • and discontent
    • and election outcomes
    • and exchange rate
    • and governance
    • and monetary policy dilemma
    • and oil shocks
    • and pandemic
    • and unemployment
    • causes
    • ‘cost push’
    • definition
    • effects of
    • expected
    • global rates of
    • long-run rate
    • measuring
    • targeting
    • see also cost of living crisis, 2022
  • inflation target
    • definition
    • see also inflation
  • inflation targeting
    • definition
  • inflation-depreciation spiral
  • inflation-stabilizing unemployment rate
    • definition
    • see also unemployment rate
  • information and communications technology (ICT)
  • infrastructure
    • effect on economic growth
  • initial equilibrium
  • initial public offering (IPO)
  • innovation rent
    • definition
  • innovation rents
    • definition
  • institutions
    • and growth
    • definition
    • economic
    • political
  • interbank market
  • interest rate
    • and monetary policy
    • definition
    • nominal
    • policy
    • real
  • inventory
    • definition
  • inventory investment
    • definition
  • investment
    • and present value
    • autonomous
    • fall in
    • household
    • in multiplier model
    • share of GDP
  • investment and saving
    • see also investment
  • investment spending
    • and interest rates
    • effects of fall in
    • volatility
  • ‘invisible hand of the market’
    • see also Smith, Adam
  • involuntary unemployment
    • definition
    • see also unemployment
  • J
  • Japan
    • deflation in
    • GDP growth over time
  • K
  • Kalecki, Michał
    • ‘Determinants of the distribution of national income’
    • ‘The Political Aspects of Full Employment’
  • Kennedy, John F.
  • Keynes, John Maynard
  • Keynes’ General Theory
  • L
  • labour force
    • definition
  • labour market
    • aggregate
    • definition
    • employment rate
    • matching
    • participation rate
    • power
    • primary
    • productivity
    • secondary
    • segmented
    • supply-side policies
    • unemployment rate
  • labour productivity
    • definition
  • labour strikes
  • labour unions
    • definition
  • legal tender
    • definition
  • Lehman Brothers
    • collapse of
    • see also ‘great recession’ 2007
  • leverage
    • and investing
    • definition
    • in banking
  • liabilities
    • definition
  • life cycle model of consumption
    • definition
  • limited liability
  • line of best fit
    • definition
  • liquid
    • definition
  • liquidity
    • definition
  • liquidity risk
  • living standards
    • and capital accumulation
    • global
  • Lorenz curve
    • and WS-PS model
    • definition
  • Lorenz, Max
  • low-technology equilibrium
  • M
  • macroeconomics
    • definition
  • Malthus, Thomas
  • ‘managed’ exchange rate regime
    • see exchange rate regimes, ‘managed’
  • marginal cost
    • definition
  • marginal private benefit
    • definition
  • marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
    • definition
  • marginal propensity to import
    • definition
  • marginal rate of substitution (MRS)
    • definition
  • marginal rate of transformation (MRT)
    • definition
  • marginal social benefit
    • definition
  • marginal social cost
    • definition
  • market economy
    • see capitalist economy
  • market failure
    • and government action
    • definition
  • market income
    • definition
  • markets
    • matching
    • product
  • markup
  • matching market
    • definition
    • see also markets
  • maturity
    • definition
  • McDonald’s
    • non-compete clause
  • means of exchange
    • definition
  • median
    • definition
  • median global income
  • median voter model
  • menu costs
    • definition
  • merit goods
    • definition
  • microeconomics
    • definition
  • Milei, Javier
    • see also Argentina
  • Modigliani model
  • Modigliani, Franco
  • monetary base
    • see also base money
  • monetary finance
  • monetary policy
    • and exchange rate regimes
    • and inflation
    • definition
    • transmission to economy
  • monetary regimes
    • types of
    • see also exchange rate; ‘fixed’ exchange rate regime; flexible exchange rate regime
  • monetary union
    • definition
    • see also common currency area
  • money
    • commodity
    • definition
    • role of
  • money creation
  • ‘money printing’
    • see monetary finance
  • money supply
    • measurement
  • MONIAC machine
  • monopsony power
    • see also labour market power
  • moral hazard
    • definition
  • mortgage
    • definition
  • Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) 1974
  • multiplier model
    • and aggregate demand
    • and consumption behaviour
    • and government spending
    • and investment spending
    • and net exports
    • definition
    • investment and saving
  • multiplier process
    • definition
  • N
  • Nash equilibrium
    • and unemployment
    • and voting behaviour
  • Nash, John
  • national accounts
    • definition
  • natural experiments
    • definition
    • Mafia example
    • women’s voting rights example
  • negative feedback
    • and climate change
    • and poverty traps
    • definition
  • net present value
    • definition
  • net worth
    • definition
  • no-shirking wage
  • nominal appreciation
  • nominal exchange rate
    • definition
    • see also exchange rate
  • nominal interest rate
    • definition
    • see also interest rate
  • nominal wage
    • definition
  • non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU)
    • see also unemployment
  • non-compete clause
  • Nordic egalitarianism
  • Norway
    • labour market
  • nutrition taxes
  • O
  • O’Brien, James Bronterre
  • OECD
  • oil price shocks
    • 1970s
    • see also shocks
  • Operation Barga
  • opportunity cost
    • definition
  • output
    • aggregate
    • equilibrium level of
  • output growth
  • P
  • Pakistan
    • economic growth
    • female participation rate in economy
    • institutional weakness
  • paradox of thrift
    • definition
  • Pareto efficiency
    • definition
  • Paris Accord 2015
    • see also global warming
  • Paris Agreement
    • see Paris Accord 2015
  • partial equilibrium
    • definition
  • partial equilibrium analysis
  • PED
    • see price elasticity of demand
  • perfect competition
  • Petty, William
  • Phillips curve
    • and bargaining gap
    • definition
    • see also unemployment and inflation
  • Phillips, William (Bill)
  • planned economy
  • policy dilemma
  • policy interest rate
    • and investment
    • definition
    • impact on demand
    • see also interest rate
  • political competition
    • and economic policy
    • and rent-seeking
    • and taxation
    • see also rent-seeking
  • political economy
  • political infeasibility
  • political influence
    • and financial contribution
  • political institutions
    • definition
  • political rent
    • definition
    • see also rent-seeking
  • population of working age
    • definition
  • positive feedback
    • and climate change
    • and house price shock
    • definition
  • poverty alleviation
  • poverty trap dynamics curve (PTDC)
  • poverty traps
  • pre-distribution
    • definition
  • precautionary
    • definition
  • precious metals
    • use as money
  • preferences
    • definition
  • present bias
    • definition
  • present value
    • and asset prices
    • definition
  • price dynamics curve (PDC)
    • definition
    • for housing assets
  • price elasticity of demand (PED)
    • definition
  • price-setting (PS) curve
  • price-setting real wage
  • primary deficit
  • primary labour market
    • definition
    • see also labour market
  • principal-agent relationship
    • definition
  • product markets
    • competition in
  • production function
    • definition
  • production, factors of
    • see factors of production
  • productivity
    • labour
  • profit margin
    • definition
  • profit-push (sellers’) inflation
    • see also inflation
  • profits
    • maximization
  • protectionist policies
    • definition
  • prudential policy
    • definition
  • public goods
    • definition
    • government provision of
  • purchasing power parity (PPP)
    • definition
  • Q
  • quantitative easing (QE)
    • and government debt
    • definition
  • quartile groups
    • definition
  • quartiles
    • definition
  • R
  • rate of interest
    • definition
    • see also interest rate
  • rate of return
    • definition
  • ratio scale
    • definition
  • real appreciation
    • definition
  • real depreciation
    • definition
  • real estate
    • definition
  • real exchange rate
    • definition
    • depreciation of
    • see also exchange rate
  • real interest rate
    • see also interest rate
  • real wage
    • definition
    • price-setting curve
  • recession
    • definition
  • regulation
    • see government regulation
  • renewable energy
    • and consumer preferences
  • rent-seeking
    • and taxation
    • under democracy
    • under dictatorship
  • reservation wage
    • definition
  • reserve requirements
  • resolution
    • definition
  • resolution regimes
  • resource curse
  • retained earnings
  • reverse causality
    • definition
  • risk
    • definition
  • risk and uncertainty
  • risk premium
    • definition
  • risk-averse
    • definition
  • Royal Rover’s Articles
  • rule of 70
    • and growth rates
  • rule of law
    • definition
  • Russia
    • post-Soviet economic transition
    • see also Soviet Union
  • Russia-Ukraine war
    • effect on energy prices
    • effect on global economies
    • effect on inflation
    • monetary policy response
    • supply shocks
  • S
  • Samuelson, Paul
  • savings accounts
    • as risk-free investments
  • secondary labour market
    • definition
    • see also labour market
  • segmented labour market
    • definition
    • see also labour market
  • self-insurance
    • definition
  • Senegal
    • inflation rate
  • settler colony
  • shadow banks
  • ‘shadow’ exchange rate regime
    • see exchange rate regimes, ‘shadow’
  • Shanghai
  • shares
    • definition
  • shocks
    • effect on households
    • exogenous
  • silver
    • use as money
  • slave trade
    • economic effects of
  • Smith, Adam
    • ‘invisible hand of the market’
  • social movements
    • and energy transition
  • ‘solidarity wage policy’
  • South Africa
    • transition to democracy
  • South Korea
    • growth rates
    • output and capital growth
    • savings and investment
  • sovereign debt crisis
    • definition
  • Soviet Union
    • collapse of planned economy
    • planned economy in
  • Spain
    • inflation rate over time
    • labour market
    • macroeconomic performance
    • unemployment
    • worker-employer relations
  • stable equilibrium
    • definition
    • see also equilibrium
  • stock market
    • definition
  • Stockholm-Jakarta comparison
  • stocks
    • see shares
  • store of value
    • definition
  • strikes
    • see labour strikes
  • structural unemployment
    • definition
    • see also unemployment
  • structural unemployment rate
    • definition
    • see also unemployment rate, structural
  • ‘sub-prime’ mortgages
  • substitution bias
  • sugar tax
  • supply shock
    • government responses to
    • see also supply-side shock
  • supply-side
    • definition
    • policies
    • shock
    • see also shocks
  • supply-side equilibrium
    • definition
  • supply-side policies
    • definition
  • supply-side shock
    • and monetary policy dilemma
    • definition
  • sustainable economic growth
    • and carbon reduction
    • definition
  • Sweden
    • ‘solidarity wage policy’
    • unemployment
    • wage-setting
  • T
  • Tanzania
    • economic growth
    • industrialization strategy
    • investment share of GDP
  • target wealth
    • definition
  • ‘target’ exchange rate regimes
    • see exchange rate, target; exchange rate, fixed; fixed exchange rate regimes
  • tax
    • definition
  • taxes
    • and WS-PS model
    • effects of rise in
  • Taylorism
  • technological progress
    • and economic growth
  • technology
    • effect on investment
  • terms of trade
    • definition
  • thrift, paradox of
    • see paradox of thrift
  • tipping point
    • definition
    • environmental
  • ‘too big to fail’ problem
  • total factor productivity
    • definition
  • trade balance
    • definition
  • trade deficit
    • definition
  • trade surplus
    • definition
  • trade unions
    • definition
  • traded securities
  • U
  • uncertainty
  • uncovered interest parity (UIP)
    • definition
  • unemployed
    • definition
  • unemployment
    • and exchange rate
    • and inflation
    • and real wage growth
    • cyclical
    • definition
    • involuntary
    • structural
    • voluntary
  • unemployment benefit
    • definition
  • unemployment rate
    • inflation-stabilizing
    • structural
  • union voice effect
    • definition
  • unions
    • bargaining power
    • see labour unions; trade unions
  • unit of account
    • definition
  • United Kingdom
    • 1970s recessions
    • and energy shocks
    • effects of pandemic
    • effects of Russia-Ukraine war
    • employment rate
    • GDP growth over time
    • growth of government over time
    • inflation rate over time
    • inflation targets
    • participation rate
    • policy response to supply shocks
    • unemployment rate
  • United States
    • adoption of democracy
    • COVID-19 effects
    • effects of ‘great recession’
    • employment rate
    • Federal Trade Commission
    • house prices
    • household wealth and debt
    • household wealth inequality
    • housing bubble
    • housing credit boom
    • income inequality in
    • nominal wage index
    • participation rate
    • trade unions
    • unemployment rate
    • Voting Rights Act 1965
    • voting rights in
    • wage-setting curve
    • women’s suffrage in
  • unstable equilibrium
    • definition
    • see also equilibrium
  • utility
    • definition
  • V
  • value added
    • definition
  • voluntary unemployment
    • definition
    • see also unemployment
  • voting rights
    • and government spending
  • W
  • wage inflation
    • definition
  • wage markdown
    • definition
  • wage subsidy
    • definition
  • wage subsidy policy
  • wage-price spiral
    • definition
  • wage-setting (WS) curve
  • wages
    • nominal
    • real
  • Wantchekon, Leonard
  • wealth
    • definition
  • West Bengal
    • land reforms
  • WS-PS model
    • and inflation
    • and profit share
    • definition
    • effectiveness of
    • role of tax
  • Y
  • Yuan Yang
  • Z
  • zero lower bound
    • definition
  • ‘zero-hours contracts’