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7.2 Answer the following questions.

1. Is inflation or deflation an overall decrease in prices?

2. Does the retail price index measure inflation?

3. How is the price for a range of goods and services called?

4. How is inflation calculated?

5. What is demand-pull inflation?

6. What is cost-push inflation?

7. What is characteristic of demand-pull inflation?

8. What happens to prices when money supply increases?

9. When does cost-push inflation occur?

10. When do prices rise without an increase in demand?

    1. Translate the following sentences into English.

1.Общее увеличение цен называется инфляцией, а общее понижение цен называется дефляцией.

2. За последние 50 лет цены увеличиваются год за годом.

3. Инфляцию можно измерить.

4. Потребительской корзиной называют разнообразие товаров и услуг.

5. Инфляцию подсчитывают из среднего числа повышения всех цен продуктовой корзины.

6. Есть инфляция спроса и инфляция издержек.

7. Печатание денег это не решение экономического кризиса.

8. Среди основных причин инфляции экономисты называют инфляцию издержек, инфляцию спроса и чрезмерное количество денег в обращении.

  1. Unemployment

There will always be a certain amount of unemployment in the country. When economists talk about full employment they mean that everyone who can work and wants to work has got a job.

However, economies rarely reach full employment. There are a number of reasons for this, and a number of different types of unemployment. One of these is cyclical unemployment. This type of unemployment varies with the growth and recession cycle of the economy. As the economy grows, demand for labour grows and unemployment falls. As the economy contracts, unemployment grows.

A second type of unemployment is structural unemployment. This occurs when demand for some types of work falls. For example, computer technology has revolutionized the printing industry, and many traditional printers’ jobs have become obsolete. Sometimes whole regions of a country suffer from high structural unemployment. The north-east of England, for example, was famous for many years for its shipbuilding industry. Competition from abroad forced many shipyards to close. This caused huge unemployment in the region.

How long structural unemployment lasts will depend on two things. Firstly, how easily the workforce can retrain for new jobs. This may be difficult for older workers who find it hard to learn new skills. The second issue is mobility. Workers who are able to relocate easily to another part of the country will find new jobs more quickly.

There are two other kinds of unemployment. The first is frictional unemployment. This is a natural kind of unemployment that occurs when someone leaves a job and is looking for another one that suits them. When the economy is in recession, frictional unemployment will be more common because jobs are harder to find.

The second kind is seasonal unemployment. Some industries have busy periods and periods where there is no work at all. Some farm workers, for example, get most of their work in the spring and summer. Like structural unemployment, seasonal unemployment can affect whole regions of a country. Areas that rely on summer tourism, for example, suffer serious unemployment during the autumn and winter months. (1810)

    1. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations: полная занятость, ряд причин, циклическая безработица, сильный спад экономики, спрос на рабочую силу, замедлять темп, структурная безработица, традиционные работы печатников, стать устаревшим, судостроение, верфи, переподготовиться на новую работу, второй вопрос, легко переехать, фрикционная безработица; искать работу, которая устраивает кого-то; сезонная безработица, периоды занятости, повлиять на целые регионы, полагаться на туризм, пострадать от серьезной безработицы.