Business and the Economy (LC 2026) (Leaving Cert Business): Flashcards

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What is the Economy?
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Definition of the economy

Production, distribution & consumption of goods/services

Type of economy Ireland has

Small, open economy

Number of EU countries in the eurozone

20

Three main types of economic systems

Centrally planned, free market, mixed

Definition of a mixed economy

Combines government planning and private enterprise

Four stages of the economic cycle

Boom, Peak, Recession, Recovery

What GDP measures

Total value of goods & services produced in a country

Minimum duration of an economic recession

Six months

Years of Ireland's Celtic Tiger period

1995-2008

Three organisations that form the Troika

EU, ECB, IMF

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