Expenditure: Insurance,
car, tax, mortgage, food
etc.
Savings: Saving for a pension
Debt: Mortgage
Late adult
Expenditure: Food, care, homes,
holidays
Savings: Pension
Opportunity cost: The benefit lost and the
next best opportunity/alternative forgone
E.g. Not buying some shoes in order to have a night out
The economic problem: The idea that resources are
scarce and that wants are infinite, therefore there are not
enough resources to satisfy everyone's needs and wants
Demand and supply
High supply and low demand
means lower prices
Low supply and high
demand means higher prices
Market demand: The total quantity demanded
in the market equals the sum of the quantities
demanded by each person in the market at a
given price
Buyers demand goods from the market
whilst sellers supply goods to the market
Demand: The quantity of goods and
services that will be bought at any
given price over a period of time
Effective Demand: Must be willing
AND able to pay for a good/service
Borrowing: Means getting money from a
lender that must be repaid in the future
from earnings over a period of time
Term of a loan: Time over which
the loan needs to be repaid
Methods of borrowing
Hire purchase: regular payments
to pay for a product
Mortgage
Credit card
Store card
Personal loan
Overdraft
Features of loans
Can be unsecured (nothing can
be taken away from you if you
don't pay the money back)
High interest rates
Fixed interest rate
Fixed terms (to pay
back and take out)
No flexibility (i.e.
fixed repayments)
Ethical lending: Fair and responsible lending -
looking beyond being able to pay money back