The Structural Deficit Is the Deficit

question 131

Multiple Choice

The structural deficit is the deficit

• A) caused by the business cycle.
• B) that would occur at full employment.
• C) during a recession.
• D) during an expansion.

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Definitions:

Tectonic Terrane

A fault-bounded body of rock that has a different geologic history than adjacent regions.

Horst and Graben

Geological structures where a horst is a raised block of the earth's crust bordered by faults, and a graben is a lowered block of the earth's crust bordered by parallel faults.

Forearc Basin

A sedimentary basin that lies between the volcanic arc and the trench in a convergent plate boundary.

Sedimentary Unit

A layer of sedimentary rock with distinguishable characteristics that set it apart as a visually identifiable segment of a stratigraphic sequence.