Chapter 20 Flashcards
The organization that is in charge of money
The Federal Reserve (Fed)
Anything that people generally accept as payment for goods and services.
Money
The direct trading of goods or services for other goods or services.
Barter
Five standards for money
Portability Divisibility Stability Durability Uniqueness
The amount of money the Federal Reserve Bank makes available for people to buy goods and services.
Money Supply
the amount of goods and services you can buy with dollar goes up or down
Rising dollar value and falling dollar value
A percentage of commercial banks’ checking and savings accounts that must be physically kept in the bank.
Reserve requirement
What are the three basic tools the Fed uses to manage money
Reserve requirement
Open market
Discount rate
The buying and selling of U.S. government bonds by the Fed with the goal of regulating the money supply.
Open-market operations
The interest rate that the Fed charges for loans to member banks.
Discount rate
Law that required to all federally chartered banks to join the Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Why was the Fed designed?
To prevent a run on banks repeat from 1907.
The most important move to protect the public from bank failures
Establish federal deposit insurance
The U.S. Banking system consists of
Commercial banks
savings and loan associations, and
credit unions
A profit-seeking organization that receives deposits from individuals and corporations in the form of checking and savings accounts and then uses some of these funds to make loans.
Commercial bank
