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store of value
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Brian has $1,574 in his checking account.
(means of transferring purchasing power from the present to the future. By keeping money in his checking account, Brian stores wealth until he is ready to make a purchase_
(means of transferring purchasing power from the present to the future. By keeping money in his checking account, Brian stores wealth until he is ready to make a purchase_
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medium of exchange
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Brian writes a check for $1,299.
(providing an accepted method of payment for goods and services. In this case, Brian writes a check, and money is withdrawn from the checking account to pay the computer company $1,299 in exchange for a new computer.)
(providing an accepted method of payment for goods and services. In this case, Brian writes a check, and money is withdrawn from the checking account to pay the computer company $1,299 in exchange for a new computer.)
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unit of account
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Brian can easily determine that the price of the computer is more than the price of the vacation.
(providing buyers and sellers a common reference point for valuing goods and services. The fact that the prices of both the computer and the vacation are listed in the same units (dollars) means that Brian can easily compare the prices of his options.)
(providing buyers and sellers a common reference point for valuing goods and services. The fact that the prices of both the computer and the vacation are listed in the same units (dollars) means that Brian can easily compare the prices of his options.)
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liquidity
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refers to how quickly an asset can be converted into a medium of exchange.
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commodity
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Suppose a period of continuous political instability leads people to believe that the economy will slide into a deep recession. As a result, people become more likely to accept ____________ money in exchange for goods and services.
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fiat
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U.S. dollars are an example of __________ money.
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making decisions regarding monetary policy
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Which of the following is a responsibility of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)?
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open market operations; buy
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The Federal Reserve's primary tool for changing the money supply is __________. In order to increase the number of dollars in the U.S. economy (the money supply), the Federal Reserve will _______ government bonds.
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reserves
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A bank's ________ are any deposits that it holds that are not loaned out
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increase; deposits
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Suppose a new customer adds $100 to his account at Northeastern Mutual Bank, which the owners of the bank then use to make $100 worth of new loans. This would increase the loans account and _________ the _________ account.
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protect
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The intended goal is to _____ the interests of the depositors.
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increases; increasing; rise
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The discount rate is the interest rate on loans that the Federal Reserve makes to banks. Banks occasionally borrow from the Federal Reserve when they find themselves short on reserves. A lower discount rate ________ banks' incentives to borrow reserves from the Federal Reserve, thereby _________ the quantity of reserves in the banking system and causing the money supply to _______.
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increases; declines; decreases
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The federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks charge one another for short-term (typically overnight) loans. When the Federal Reserve uses open-market operations to buy government bonds, the quantity of reserves in the banking system ________, banks' need to borrow from each other __________, and the federal funds rate ___________.
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savers to borrows
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At the broadest level, the financial system moves the economy's scarce resources from
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decreases
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As the number of stocks in a person's portfolio increases, the risk of the portfolio ________, as indicated by the decreasing value of the standard deviation of the portfolio.
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productivity
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Americans have a higher standard of living than Indonesians because American workers are more _______ than Indonesian workers.
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fraction; reserve
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Banks are able to create money only when only a _______ of deposits are held in _______.
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decreasing
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Diminishing marginal utility of wealth implies that the utility function has _________ slope and a person is risk averse.
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credit; lower
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We would expect the interest rate on Bond A to be lower than the interest rate on Bond B if the two bonds have identical characteristics except that the ________ risk associated with Bond A is ______ than the credit risk associated with Bond B.
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banks; depositors
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Bank regulators impose capital requirements in order to ensure _____ can pay off _______
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stock index
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average of a group of stock prices
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capital; productivity
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When a country saves a larger portion of its GDP than it did before, it will have more ______ and higher ________.
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positive; greater; Y-C-G
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If national saving in a closed economy is greater than zero, which of the following must be true?
A. investment is _______
B. Either public saving or private saving must be ______ than zero
C. ________>0
A. investment is _______
B. Either public saving or private saving must be ______ than zero
C. ________>0
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consumption; investment
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In an economy where net exports are zero, if saving rises in some period, then in that period, _______ falls and _______ rises
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crowding out
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a decrease in investment that results from government borrowing, increase in the government budget deficit, or a decrease in government savings
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reduce; reduce
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Raising the Federal Funds Rate will ______ US money supply or _____ the growth rate of the US money supply.
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sell bonds
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To increase the Fed Funds rate, the Fed will ______, which reduces the amount of dollars in circulation in the economy.
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Increase in value of money, decrease in price level
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What effect on a graph would an increase in the Federal funds rate have on the long run equilibrium of money and the price level in the US?
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long run
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classical dichotomy and neutrality of money describe the economy in the ________
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velocity of money
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the rate at which money changes hands
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P x Y
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=nominal GDP=(price level)x(real GDP)
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M
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money supply
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V
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velocity
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v= (PxY/M)
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velocity formula
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M x V = P x Y
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quantity equation
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V
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is stable
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nominal
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A change in M causes ____ GDP (P x Y) to change by the same percentage
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hyperinflation
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inflation exceeding 50% per month
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inflation tax
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revenue the government raises by creating (printing) money
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inflation tax
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like a tax on everyone who holds money
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fisher effect
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principle of monetary neutrality: an increase in the rate of money growth raises the rate of inflation but does not affect any real variable
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buyers pay more; sellers get more
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when prices rise:
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inflation
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_____ does not in itself reduce people's purchasing power
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inflation
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_____ causes the CPI and nominal wages to rise together over the long run
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shoeleather costs
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-resources wasted when inflation encourages people to reduce their money holdings
-can be substantial
-can be substantial
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menu costs
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-costs of changing prices
-inflation increases ____ that firms must bear
-inflation increases ____ that firms must bear
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tax distortions
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-inflation makes nominal income grow faster than real income
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tax distortions
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taxes are based on nominal income and some are not adjusted for inflation