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How a consumer price index is built, and why the headline number doesn't match everyone's experience.
A plain-language walkthrough of the tools central banks use, and what they're trying to balance.
What gross domestic product counts, what it leaves out, and why growth figures get revised.
How a recession is defined, what typically triggers one, and how they tend to end.
How currencies move relative to each other, and why that matters beyond travel money.
Why the headline unemployment rate can miss important context about the labour market.
A plain-language look at how government borrowing works, and why the figures alone don't tell the whole story.
Why this basic model still explains a surprising amount of everyday economic news.
How expansions and contractions tend to unfold, and why economists rarely agree on exact turning points.
Use this as a starting prompt, not a complete answer — every story has details a general checklist can't capture.
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