Answer Key
Indicators and trends – Practice 2
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or phrase in the correct form.
- The birth rate in Poland is dropping [off] dramatically, because women are afraid of losing their jobs when they get pregnant.
- A measure of the amount of money that has to be paid for essentials such as food, accomodation, heating, clothing, etc. is referred to as the [cost] of living.
- Someone who teaches about trade between countries is a teacher of [economics] .
- Costs are rising and income is drying [up] , so we might be forced to reduce the number of workers.
- The difference between what a country pays for its imports and receives for its exports is called the balance of [payments] .
- The region suffers from high [unemployment] , because many people lost their jobs after closing down the coal mines.
- Our share price rose in the morning but then it levelled [off] at 62 pence.
- Everybody thought that the situation could not get any worse, but the economy reached its all time [through] the following year.
- His career started to [take] off in the 1990s, when he was promoted to the Sales Manager.
- As temperatures rise, the [demand] for air-conditioning units increases.