(4) Financial markets Flashcards
money used as
medium of exchange, store of value, unit of account
why people hold money
transactions motive, speculative motive, precautionary motive, opportunity cost of holding money
two types of assets
money, bonds
does money pay interest rate
pays no interest, but used for transactions
do bonds pay interest rate
positive interest rate paid, but can’t be used for transactions
holding of money depends on
level of transactions, interest rate on bonds
bonds held indirectly by
money market funds
semantic trap
money, income, wealth
(financial) wealth =
value of all financial assets - all financial liabilities
what type of variable is wealth
stock
investment
purchase of new goods
financial investment
purchase of shares / other financial assets
increase in interest rate affect of demand for money
decrease; people put more of their wealth into bonds
Md relationship with nominal income
proportional
Md relationship with interest rate
negatively dependent on i