Economy

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The act of laying off an employee or a work force (plural) (7)
  2. 4. A ___ that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory ___ rating and that (10)
  3. 6. An act of economizing (plural) (7)
  4. 8. The state of being ___ or not having a job (12)
  5. 10. The state of the economy declines (9)
  6. 12. Money or goods or services owed by one person to another (4)
  7. 13. Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources (7)
  8. 14. A written order directing a bank to pay money (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 2. The legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is (11)
  2. 3. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities (plural) (5)
  3. 5. A child's coin ___ (9)
  4. 7. A sum of money allocated for a particular purpose (6)
  5. 9. A United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar (6)
  6. 11. A reason for wanting something done (8)