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  2. Economics terminology that differs from common usage

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    In accounting, there is a different technical concept of cost, which excludes implicit opportunity costs. In common usage, as in accounting usage, cost typically does not refer to implicit costs and instead only refers to direct monetary costs. The economics term profit relies on the economic meaning of the term for cost.

  3. List of business and finance abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    For example, $225K would be understood to mean $225,000, and $3.6K would be understood to mean $3,600. Multiple K's are not commonly used to represent larger numbers. In other words, it would look odd to use $1.2KK to represent $1,200,000. Ke – Is used as an abbreviation for Cost of Equity (COE).

  4. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  5. Currency appreciation and depreciation - Wikipedia

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    Thus, if a trader only knows that the GDP growth of the country whose currency he trades declined compared with the forecast, he can expect the fall of the domestic currency. [8] Also, the terms are used when talking about the central bank monetary policy. The central bank is a single authority that issues money.

  6. Functional currency - Wikipedia

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    Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) [2] provide rules for translation of foreign currency transactions and financial statements. SFAS 52 introduced the concept of functional currency , defined as "the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates; normally, that is, the currency of the environment in ...

  7. Money measurement concept - Wikipedia

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    The money measurement concept (also called monetary measurement concept) underlines the fact that in accounting and economics generally, every recorded event or transaction is measured in terms of money, the local currency monetary unit of measure. Using this principle, a fact or a happening or event which cannot be expressed in terms of money ...

  8. Capital account convertibility - Wikipedia

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    In layman's terms, full capital account convertibility allows local currency to be exchanged for foreign currency without any restriction on the amount. [citation needed] This is so local merchants can easily conduct transnational business without needing foreign currency exchanges to handle small transactions.

  9. Financial accounting - Wikipedia

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    Cost Accounting is an internal reporting system for an organisation's own management for decision making. In financial accounting, cost classification based on type of transactions, e.g. salaries, repairs, insurance, stores etc. In cost accounting, classification is basically on the basis of functions, activities, products, process and on ...