Q18 Complete the passage below using the words in the word bank. Each word is used once.
Interest rates
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Labour Force Survey
Inflation
Employment rates
Demand-pull inflation
employment National debt Cost-push Full
inflation European Cost-of-living
Economic growth
_____________________ measures the rise in the prices of goods and services over time in an economy. It is measured by the CSO us- ing the _____________________ and is used to calculate changes in the _____________________. When demand for goods and services exceeds sup- ply, scarcity pushes prices up, which is known as _____________________. When the cost of production increases and firms raise their prices to maintain their profits, this is known as _____________________.
_____________________ measure the percentage of people of work- ing age in paid work, with the figures published by the CSO in the _____________________. Unemployment of around 4% is known as _____________________ in an economy.
_____________________ are the cost of borrowing or the reward for sav- ing, and are set for Ireland by the __________________________________. _____________________ is the total income earned in a country over a period of time, while _____________________ is the percentage increase in national income from one period to the next. The _____________________ is the total amount of government borrowing, which is managed by the NTMA.