E) resources j) businesses

Most people earn their (1).……… from the work they perform. Some people also receive income by renting or selling land and other natural (2) ……… they own, as profit from a business or entrepreneurial venture, or from (3) ………… paid on their savings accounts or other investments.

In a market (4) …………, the basic resources used to make the goods and services that satisfy (5) ………. demands are owned by private consumers and households. Payments or incomes that households receive for these resources rise and fall – and that fluctuation has a direct (6) ………… on the amount consumers are willing (7) ………… for the goods and services they want.

Whether consumers are young or old; male or female; rich, poor or middle class, every dollar or pound they spend is a signal – a kind of economic vote telling (8) ………….. what goods and services they want to see produced. Consumer spending represents the basic source of demand for (9) …………. sold in the marketplace, which is half of what determines the market prices for goods and services. The other half is based on decisions (10) ……. make about what to produce and how to produce it.

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Teст 15e

Вставьте в пропуски (1-10) предложений в тексте подходящее по смыслу слово (a-j):

A) a profit f) to earn

B) a bank g) offer

C) business h) government

D) provide i) deposits