Vocabulary Practice: Economic Terms

Everyone was shocked because stocks ......... during the last recession.
penetrated
pursued
purchased
plummeted

Jill was so happy because her profits began to ......... after the first quarter.
skid
slip
soar
slow

The graph reveals a sudden change in computer sales when they increased ......... in May and June, but then quickly fell again in the summer months.
slightly
sharply
vaguely
virtually

Mark wanted to see a vast increase in sales so wasn't that happy with the sales' charts lately. However, he wasn't that disappointed because sales ......... increased over the past six months.
stridently
silently
slightly
sharply

The ......... of the economic recession is still unknown.
question
shortage
trouble
severity

Some employees are not hopeful of a comeback because they're saying that the company's financial situation is ..........
irreversible
stated
buoyant
jaunty

The huge corporation tried to ......... a financial disaster, but it was too late to do anything about it.
prolong
maintain
retrieve
avert

The farmer found that his methods were no longer ......... so he did some research in order to develop newer techniques to prolong his livelihood.
dramatic
sustainable
domestic
hurried

Every month, the company's profits ......... increased. Albeit, the increases weren't huge, but they were firm and unwavering in growth.
steadily
dramatically
radically
severely

The value of the dollar has .......... Economists are hopeful that it will increase in the fall.
added
calculated
moved
dropped