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Across 1. value of the next best use of resources when a choice is made 4. average price of basic necessities 5. tangible items that peopel buy and use, such as cars, pencils, shoes, and food 6. income 8. people who make goods and provide services 12. measure of the U.S. economy's general health 13. range of economic activity in a country 16. type of economy in which buyers and sellers determine prices with limited government interference 17. percentage figure representing the number of people who don't currently have jobs and are looking for work 18. things need to produce goods and services, including natural resources, capital/machinery, labor, and entrepenurship 20. people who buy and use goods and services 24. general period of sustained growth 26. interest rate banks charge their most credit-worthy customers 28. work products people buy, such as haircuts 29. complete control bu one company of the means of producing or selling a product or service

Down 2. number that idetiflies the monthly price changfe in about 400 selected goods and services 3. current value in dollars of all goods and service produces in a country for one year 7. science that deals witht he wats in which goods and services are produced, transported, sold, and used 9. degree of confidence, or trust the people feel in the economy in general 10. people who organize and run a business and take on the risks involved 11. pattern of alternating periods of economic growth and decline 14. deep decline in the nation's economy 15. government plan for controlling the amount of money in the overall economy 19. amount of a particular good or service that producers are willing to provide at a given price 21. basic economic problem 22. slowdown in exonomic activity and growth 23. rise in the general level of prices 25. money from a business activity, sale, or investments that remains after expenses have been paid 27. desire and ability to purchase a product or service