Тема 4. Проблемы экономического роста

90. Economic growth (экономический рост) - rate of increase in output per capita.

91. Output growth, total (рост совокупного объема выпуска) - annual percentage rate of increase in GNP, usually averaged over a period of years.

92. Output growth, per capita (рост объема выпуска на душу населения)- annual percentage rate of increase in GNP per head of population, usually averaged over a period of years.

93. The sources of economic growth (источники экономического роста) - (1) increase in factor supplies, and (2) increase in factor productivity.

94. Factor supplies (предложение факторов производства) - worker-hours of labor used in production and the size of the capital stock.

95. Factor productivity (производительность факторов производства)- the amount of output per unit of factor inputs.

96. Labor productivity (производительность труда) - total output divided by the quantity of labor employed to produce the output; or output per worker per hour.

97. Total factor input (совокупное вложение факторов производства) - combined rate of increase in labor and capital inputs, weighted by the share of each in national income.

98. Total factor productivity (совокупная производительность факторов производства) - rate of increase in output minus rate of increase in total factor input; also called the residual.

99. Embodied technical progress (воплощенный, материализованный технический прогресс) -technical progress incorporated in the growth of labor or capital inputs.

100. Disembodied technical progress (невоплощенный технический прогресс) - technical progress external to labor and capital inputs (improvements in management, organizational improvements, etc.)

Показатели экономического роста (отражающие соотношение между приростом инвестиций и приростом дохода):

101. Multiplier (мультипликатор) - the ratio of the change (increase) in the equilibrium NNP to the change (increase) in investment.

102. Accelerator hypotheses (гипотеза акселератора) - states that the level of net investment depends on the change in expected output.

Экономический цикл и его фазы:

103. Economic fluctuation (экономические колебания)- a general upward or downward movement in output and employment, pervading many sectors of the economy.

104. Business cycle (деловой цикл, экономический цикл) - alternating periods of higher and lower rates of economic growth; recurrent ups and downs over a period of years in the level of economic activity.

105. Upswing (подъем) - a pervasive upward movement in output and employment.

106. Boom (бум, резкий подъем деловой активности)- a period of rapid economic growth and, usually, lower than average unemployment.

107. Upper turning point (верхняя точка изменений)- short period during which an upswing ends and a downswing begins.

108. Downswing (спад)- a pervasive downward movement in output and employment.

109. Recession (рецессия)- the contraction phase of a business cycle; a mild downswing in output and employment.

110. Depression (депрессия)- a severe contraction phase of a business cycle involving prolonged decline in output and employment; a period of low national income and high unemployment.

111. Slump (кризис)- a period of lower than average national income and higher than average unemployment, particularly one that has continued, or is expected to continue, for a number of years.

112. Lower turning point (нижняя точка изменений)- short period during which a downswing ends and an upswing begins.

113.Stagnation (стагнация)- contraction in the economy's aggregate output.

114. Stagflation (стагфляция) - inflation accompanied by stagnation in the rate of growth of output and a high unemployment rate in the economy; simultaneous increases in both the price level and the unemployment rate.

115. Inflation (инфляция) - a rise in the general (average) level of prices in the economy.

116. Deflation (дефляция) - a fall in the general (average) level of prices in the economy.

Since economic fluctuations are centered in the investment industries, we must look further into the short-run behavior of business investment. A basic distinction here is between autonomous investment and induced investment.

117. Induced investment (вынужденные инвестиции) -is capacity-oriented investment, occurring in response to changes in consumer demand; investment induced by an increase in demand.

118. Autonomous investment (автономные инвестиции)- investment not due to an increase in demand; usually associated with innovation.

119. Innovation (инновации)- application of an invention in production.

120. Acceleration principle (принцип акселерации) -fluctuations in final sales of a product tend to produce larger fluctuations in induced investment.