Economics terms starting with D

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  1. Direct investment Investment in which a resident of one country obtains a lasting interest in, and a degree of influence over, the management of a business enterprise in…
  2. Direct investment capital flows Funds that parent companies provide to their affiliates net of funds that affiliates provide to their parents. For U.S.
  3. Direct investment income Return that direct investors receive on their investment in affiliates abroad. It consists of the direct investors' share in the earnings of the…
  4. Direct investment position The value of direct investors' equity in, and net outstanding loans to, their affiliates.
  5. Direct investment position at current cost A measure of the value of direct investors' equity in, and net outstanding loans to, their affiliates in which the equity portion of the position is…
  6. Direct investment position at historical cost A measure of the value of direct investors' equity in, and net outstanding loans to, their affiliates in which the direct investors' investment is valued…
  7. Direct investment position at market value A measure of the value of direct investors' equity in, and net outstanding loans to, their affiliates, in which the equity portion of the position is…
  8. Direct requirements table A table in the input-output (I-O) accounts that shows the input of commodities that an industry requires to produce a dollar of output.
  9. Directly estimated method Procedure for estimating Federal government purchases based on data from the budget and from the Monthly Treasury Statement.
  10. Directly priced method Procedure for estimating Federal government purchases by multiplying the delivered quantity by the price paid.
  11. Disposable personal income Total after-tax income received by persons; it is the income available to persons for spending or saving.
  12. Dividend See Dividends
  13. Dividend receipts from the rest of the world Receipts received by U.S. residents of dividends from foreign corporations plus earnings distributed by unincorporated foreign affiliates to their U.S.
  14. Dividends Payments in cash or other assets, excluding the corporation's own stock, made by corporations located in the United States and abroad to stockholders who…
  15. Double deflation Technique for estimating real value added by industry in the gross domestic product (GDP)-by-industry accounts.
  16. Durable goods Tangible products that can be stored or inventoried and that have an average life of at least three years.