business finance key terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
personal financial planning | spending, saving, and investing you money so you can have the kind of life you want as well as financial security. |
goals | things you want to accomplish |
values | things that are important to you |
opportunity cost | the most desirable alternative given up as the result of a decision |
liquidity | being in cash or easily convertible to cash |
service | the performance of duties by a waiter or servant |
good | moral excellence or admirableness |
economics | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
economy | an act of economizing |
supply | offering goods and services for sale |
demand | the act of demanding |
federal reserve system | privately owned, publicly controlled, central bank of the United States |
inflation | a general and progressive increase in prices |
consumer | a person who uses goods or services |
interest | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) |
time value of money | increase of an amount of money as a result of interest or dividends earned |
principal | the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange |
future value | The amount that your original deposit will be worth in the future based on a specific interest rate over a specific period of time |
annuity | income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments |
present value | the amount of money you would need to deposit now in order to attain a desired amount in the future |
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