Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• bull market: A financial market in which prices are rising or are expected to rise.
• kick in: (Of a medicine, plan, etc.) to start to have an effect; become operative
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at the most: No more than; maximum amount or degree.
• kick off: To start a football match.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• couple: To join something to something else
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• trend: Current style or fashion
• intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• downside: Negative aspect of something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• economically: In an efficient manner
• breadth: Width; distance from one side to the another
• valuation: Price of something, determined by expert
• nominal: Not having full power; in name only
• slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind
• geopolitic: Study of relationship among politics and geography