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The efficiency factor is the sixth ingredient of economic growth. It is used to reach its full production potential, an economy must achieve economic efficiency as well as full employment. The economy must use its resources in the least costly way (productive efficiency) to produce the specific mix of goods and services that maximizes people's well-being (allocative efficiency).

The supply, demand, and efficiency factors in economic growth are related. Unemployment caused by insufficient total spending (demand factor) may lower the rate of new capital accumulation (supply factor) and delay expenditures on research (supply factor). Conversely, low spending on investment (supply factor) may cause insufficient spending (demand factor) and unemployment. Widespread inefficiency in the use of resources (efficiency factor) may translate into higher costs of goods and services and thus lower profits, which in turn may slow down innovation and reduce the accumulation of capital (supply factor). Economic growth is a dynamic process which the supply, demand and efficiency factors all interact.

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Efficiency Factor - is the capacity of an economy to combine resources effectively to achieve growth of real output that the supply factors of growth make possible

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