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The higher the price level, the ....... money the typical transaction requires, and the ..... money people will with to hold in the form of currency
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more, more
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the fed increases money supply by .....
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buying bonds from the public
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expansion in money supply will ....... people's demand for goods and services.
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increase
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in the long-run, by increasing the moeny supply, since your ability to produce goods and services hasn't changed, the prices will ... and the value of money will ...
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rise, fall
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nominal vs real variables
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nominal: measured in monetary units. anything that has a price on it
real: measured in physical units. anything priced relatively to another good. ex: 1 kumquat = 2 comic books
real: measured in physical units. anything priced relatively to another good. ex: 1 kumquat = 2 comic books
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relative price
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book = $4 kumquat = $2
1 kumquat = 1/2 book <- relative price
1 kumquat = 1/2 book <- relative price
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monetary neutrality
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proposition that a change in the money supply affects NOMINAL variables.
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inflation tax
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when government pays its debts by printing money
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menu costs of inflation
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cost associated with changing price tags, price lists, website content, catalogs, menus, etc.
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a HIGHER inflation rate will ........ the after-tax real interest rate when the government taxes NOMINAL interest income. This tends to ........ saving, thereby ....... the quantity of investment in the economy and ........ the economy's long run growth rate
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reduce, discourage, reducing, reducing
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unanticipated change in inflation arbitrarily benefits.....
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borrowers
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Fisher Effect
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long-run behavior of nominal interest rates and inflation based on monetary neutrality