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What is the name for the difference between the 10-year and 2-year U.S. Treasury yields, used as a recession predictor?
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Yield curve spread
Which quarterly BLS measure tracks the output per hour worked in the U.S. business sector?
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Labor productivity
What is the term for the nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate?
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Real interest rate
What term describes a period of high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand?
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Stagflation
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Which quarterly BLS measure tracks the output per hour worked in the U.S. business sector?
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Labor productivity
What is the term for the nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate?
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Real interest rate
What is the term for a slowdown in the rate of inflation?
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Disinflation
Which monthly survey measures U.S. consumer sentiment, conducted by the University of Michigan?
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University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
What ratio compares a country's public debt to its annual economic output?
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Debt-to-GDP ratio
What is the term for a country's economic output divided by its population?
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GDP per capita
What term refers to the overall inflation rate including all items such as food and energy?
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Headline inflation
What is the term for extremely rapid and out-of-control inflation?
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Hyperinflation
What is the term for the alternating periods of economic expansion and contraction?
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Business cycle