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Nash equilibrium 納什均衡
A situation in which economic actors interacting with one another each choose their best strategy given the strategies that all the other actors have chosen
National saving (saving) 國(guó)民儲(chǔ)蓄
The total income in the economy that remains after paying for consumption and government purchases
Natural monopoly 自然壟斷
A monopoly that arises because a single firm can supply a good or service to an entire market at a smaller cost than could two or more firms
Natural rate of unemployment 自然失業(yè)率
The normal rate of unemployment around which the unemployment rate fluctuates
Natural resources 自然資源
The inputs into the production of goods and services that are provided by nature, such as land, rivers, and mineral deposits
Natural-rate hypothesis 自然率假說(shuō)
The claim that unemployment eventually returns to its normal, or natural, rate, regardless of the rate of inflation
Net exports 凈出口
The value of a nation’s exports minus the value of its imports, also called the trade balance; Spending on domestically produced goods by foreigners (exports) minus spending on foreign goods by domestic residents (imports)
Net foreign investment 國(guó)外凈投資
The purchase of foreign assets by domestic residents minus the purchase of domestic assets by foreigners
Nominal GDP 名義GDP
The production of goods and services valued at current prices
Nominal Variables 名義變量
Variables measured in monetary units
Nominal exchange rate 名義匯率
The rate at which a person can trade the currency of one country for the currency of another
Nominal interest rate 名義利率
The interest rate as usually reported without a correction for the effects of inflation，examda.com
Normal good 正常物品
A good for which an increase in income raises the quantity demanded; A good for which, other things being equal, an increase in income leads to an increase in quantity demanded
Normative statements 規(guī)范表述
Claims that attempt to prescribe how the world should be
natural endowments 自然稟賦
a country’s natural resources, like good climate, fertile land, or minerals
net export function 凈出口函數(shù)
a curve that gives the level of net exports at each level of income
net domestic product (NDP) 國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)凈值
GDP minus the value of the depreciation of the country’s capital goods
new classical economists 新古典經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家
economists who, beginning in the 1970;s, built on the tradition of classical economists and believed that by and large, market forces, if left to themselves, would solve the problems of unemployment and recessions
new growth economists 新增長(zhǎng)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家
economists who, beginning in the 1980’s, sought to understand better the basic forces that led the economy to grow fast at one time and slower at another, or some countries to grow faster than others
new Keynesian economists 新凱恩斯主義經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家
economists who, beginning the 1980’s, built on the tradition of Keynesian economists and focused attention on unemployment; they sought explanations for the failure of wages and prices to adjust to make labor markets and possibly other markets clear
newly industrialized countries 新工業(yè)化國(guó)家
nations that have recently moved from begin quite poor to being middle-income countries; including South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong
normative economics 規(guī)范經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)
economics in which the conclusions rest on value judgments as well as facts and theories
Nash equilibrium 納什均衡
A situation in which economic actors interacting with one another each choose their best strategy given the strategies that all the other actors have chosen
National saving (saving) 國(guó)民儲(chǔ)蓄
The total income in the economy that remains after paying for consumption and government purchases
Natural monopoly 自然壟斷
A monopoly that arises because a single firm can supply a good or service to an entire market at a smaller cost than could two or more firms
Natural rate of unemployment 自然失業(yè)率
The normal rate of unemployment around which the unemployment rate fluctuates
Natural resources 自然資源
The inputs into the production of goods and services that are provided by nature, such as land, rivers, and mineral deposits
Natural-rate hypothesis 自然率假說(shuō)
The claim that unemployment eventually returns to its normal, or natural, rate, regardless of the rate of inflation
Net exports 凈出口
The value of a nation’s exports minus the value of its imports, also called the trade balance; Spending on domestically produced goods by foreigners (exports) minus spending on foreign goods by domestic residents (imports)
Net foreign investment 國(guó)外凈投資
The purchase of foreign assets by domestic residents minus the purchase of domestic assets by foreigners
Nominal GDP 名義GDP
The production of goods and services valued at current prices
Nominal Variables 名義變量
Variables measured in monetary units
Nominal exchange rate 名義匯率
The rate at which a person can trade the currency of one country for the currency of another
Nominal interest rate 名義利率
The interest rate as usually reported without a correction for the effects of inflation，examda.com
Normal good 正常物品
A good for which an increase in income raises the quantity demanded; A good for which, other things being equal, an increase in income leads to an increase in quantity demanded
Normative statements 規(guī)范表述
Claims that attempt to prescribe how the world should be
natural endowments 自然稟賦
a country’s natural resources, like good climate, fertile land, or minerals
net export function 凈出口函數(shù)
a curve that gives the level of net exports at each level of income
net domestic product (NDP) 國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)凈值
GDP minus the value of the depreciation of the country’s capital goods
new classical economists 新古典經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家
economists who, beginning in the 1970;s, built on the tradition of classical economists and believed that by and large, market forces, if left to themselves, would solve the problems of unemployment and recessions
new growth economists 新增長(zhǎng)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家
economists who, beginning in the 1980’s, sought to understand better the basic forces that led the economy to grow fast at one time and slower at another, or some countries to grow faster than others
new Keynesian economists 新凱恩斯主義經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家
economists who, beginning the 1980’s, built on the tradition of Keynesian economists and focused attention on unemployment; they sought explanations for the failure of wages and prices to adjust to make labor markets and possibly other markets clear
newly industrialized countries 新工業(yè)化國(guó)家
nations that have recently moved from begin quite poor to being middle-income countries; including South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong
normative economics 規(guī)范經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)
economics in which the conclusions rest on value judgments as well as facts and theories