Economic Challenges Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• interest : when prices increase, _ rates (the cost of borrowing money) also go up
• fired : this may happen to people on the job who fail a drug test
• prices : these go up with demand-pull inflation
• seasonal : a job that lasts only for a period, such as harvesting crops
• inflation : rise in price of goods and services; your money buys less
• producer : ppi stands for _ price index
• push : cost- _ inflation means that raw materials are more expensive
• environment : this refers to the quality of air, water, and soil around us
• depression : during this event in the 1930's, deflation ruled
• robot : this can take a human worker's job
• consumer : cpi stands for _ price index
• deflation : prices go down, too many products are available for sale
• poverty : this means "being poor"
• breakdown : the _ in traditional families contributes to poverty
• wage : the money someone makes as an hourly amount
• fixed : a person with this type of income is hit hardest by inflation
• pull : demand- _ inflation means that demand is greater than supply
• savings : inflation lowers the value of these
• unskilled : this type of job is usually the first type lost
• technology : advances in this can cost jobs
• gap : the income _ is the difference between earnings of the richest and the poorest
• unemployed : not working
• strike : going off a job in order to achieve a benefit
• layoff : being temporarily put out of work