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The percentage charged for borrowing money. (The Bank of England has raised .................................................... .)
interest rates
Industries involved in the manufacture of goods. ( .................................................... rely on the ready supply of raw materials.)
secondary industries
The value of goods and services paid for in a country, including income earned in other countries. (Last year’s .................................................... was close to £25 billion.)
GNP
The amount which a firm, machine or person produces. (The factory has doubled its .................................................... in the last six months.)
output
Industries involved in the production of raw materials. (Coal mining is an important .................................................... .)
primary industry
Installing machinery in place of workers ( .................................................... can be a mixed blessing – machines usually tend to be out of order when you need them most.)
automation
Industries which do not make products but offer a service such as banking, insurance and transport. ( .................................................... have become more important in the last decade.)
service industries
The difference in value between a country’s imports and exports. (The government is trying to reduce the .................................................... deficit.)
balance of payments
The amount by which expenditure is more than receipts in a firm’s or country’s accounts. (The company announced a two million pound .................................................... .)
deficit
A system where one person or company supplies all of a product in one area without any competition. (The state has a .................................................... of the tobacco trade.)
monopoly
Industries which were once privately owned, but now belong to the state. (Workers in .................................................... are to get a 3 per cent pay rise.)
nationalised industries
Lack of work. (The figures for .................................................... are rising.)
unemployment
The action of imposing taxes. (Money raised by .................................................... pays for all government services.)
taxation
The most important industries in a country. (Oil is a .................................................... which is essential to the country’s economy.)
key industry
A state in an economy where prices and wages are rising to keep pace with each other. (The government is trying to keep .................................................... down below 3 per cent.)
inflation
A tax on money earned as wages or salary. (She pays .................................................... at the lowest rate.)
income tax
A tax imposed as a percentage of the invoice value of goods or services. An indirect tax. ( .................................................... in Britain currently runs at 20 per cent.)
VAT
A fixed amount of money that you earn each month of year from your job (I receive an annual .................................................... of £30,000)
salary