Finances

Talking about finances

Vocabulary

Rise and fall

Verbs that describe trends in sales:

Prices rise/go up/increase:

They can rise slightly (a bit)

They can rise gradually (slowly over a long period)

They can rise sharply (quickly and by a large amount)

Prices fall/go down/decrease.

Prices stay the same.

Financial language

economy

signs

loans: money that you borrow

inflation

growing fears

recesion