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What are the 6 characteristics of money?

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  • acceptable
  • portable
  • durable
  • divisible
  • limited
  • difficult to forge
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What is the way of remembering the six characteristics of money?

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What are the 4 key functions of money?

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  • medium of exchange
  • store of value
  • unit of account
  • standard of deferred payment
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What is meant by money being a medium of exchange?

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money allows goods and services to be traded without the need for a barter system

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What do barter systems rely on?

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a double coincidence of wants

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What is meant by money being a store of value?

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its value can be retrieved at a later date (means people can save now to fund spending at a later date)

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What is meant by money being a unit of account?

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it means that the value of something can be expressed in an understandable way, and in a way that allows the value of items to be compared

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What is the way of remembering the 4 functions of money?

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What is meant by money being a standard of deferred payment?

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this refers to the expressing of the value of a debt

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What is the money supply?

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the total amount of money circulating in the economy

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Define narrow money

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refers to any physical money, demand deposits, and other liquid assets that are easily accessible to central banks

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Define broad money

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a category for measuring the amount of money circulating in an economy

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What is a bond?

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a fixed interest loan security

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Define an asset

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any resources owned by a business that can be used to produce positive economic value

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What is a coupon?

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the amount of money that is paid periodically, such as each year, as interest on a bond

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What is the yield for a bond?

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the rate of return on the bond if held to maturity

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What is meant by equity in a company?

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the value of the assets owned by the shareholders

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Define liquidity

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the degree to which an asset can be converted into money without capital loss and within a short space of time

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Define the liquidity ratio

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the ratio of a bank’s cash and other liquid assets, to its deposits

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Define the capital ratio

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the amount of capital as a proportion of its total assets (loans)

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Define regulatory capture

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when a regulatory agency, formed to act in the public’s interest, eventually acts in ways that benefit the industry it is supposed to be regulating, rather than the public

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What are capital markets?

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financial markets which provide long-term borrowing and lending, usually defined as over one year

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Define a commercial bank

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a bank that provides services to businesses

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Define a financial market

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any convenient set of arrangements where buyers and sellers can buy or trade a range of services or assets that are fundamentally monetary in nature

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Give 3 financial markets that investment banks engage a range of activities in
- foreign exchange market - money market - capital market - derivatives market
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What is shadow banking?
parts of the financial market that are either much less regulated than the norm, or are completely unregulated
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What is systemic risk?
(in the context of financial markets) the danger that failure of parts of the financial system will lead to the collapse of the whole financial system
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What does FPC stand for?
Financial Policy Committee
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What is the Financial Policy Committee a part of?
the Bank of England
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What is the role of the Financial Policy Committee?
to identify, monitor, and take action to reduce or remove systemic risk in the UK financial system
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What does PRA stand for?
Prudential Regulation Authority
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What is the Prudential Regulation Authority a part of?
the Bank of England
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What is the Prudential Regulation Authority responsible for?
the microprudential regulation and supervision of banks, building societies, insurers and other financial institutions
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What does FCA stand for?
Financial Conduct Authority
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What is the Financial Conduct Authority responsible for?
macroprudential regulation and ensuring the financial industry is run with integrity
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Define financial regulation
limiting the freedom of banks and other financial institutions (in order to maintain stability and integrity within the financial institution)
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When does moral hazard exist?
when a firm or individual pursues profit and takes on too much risk in the knowledge that, if things go wrong, someone else will bear a significant proportion of the cost
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What is meant by insolvent?
when the value of a bank's assets falls below the level of its liabilities
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What is a balance sheet?
a statement of the assets, liabilities, and capital of a business or other organisation at a particular point in time
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What is the equation for equity?
assets - liabilities
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How is the net worth of a business calculated?
assets - liabilities
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Define a credit crunch
a sharp drop in confidence and thus a lack of credit
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Define the money market
financial markets that provide short-term borrowing and lending, usually defined as up to one year
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What is meant by a security?
secured loans, such as mortgage loans secured against the value of property
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Which are more risky: secured loans or unsecured loans?
unsecured loans
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What are the two sections of the capital market?
- primary market - secondary market
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What is the difference between the primary market and the secondary market?
- the primary market is where securities are created - the secondary market is where the securities are traded
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What is the fundamental role of the financial markets?
to ensure the smooth operation of capitalist economies
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What are the two sections of the foreign exchange market?
- spot market - forward market
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What is the difference between the spot market and the forward market?
- the spot market involves the immediate exchange of foreign currencies - the forward market involves the exchange of foreign currencies at some specified time in the future
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What is the foreign exchange market?
the market in which different currencies are bought and sold
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What is credit?
a form of deferred payment
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What is the 2 main objectives of a commercial bank?
- to profit maximise - to respond to shareholders
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In relation to borrowing and lending, how does a commercial bank aim to profit maximise?
- borrow short term - lend long term
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What is bank failure?
where a bank cannot meet its financial obligations to creditors and/or depositors
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Give 2 consequences of bank failure
- systemic risk - effects rest of the financial system - recession - loss of jobs, income, output, etc
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Give 2 ways a bank can prevent bank failure
- have enough liquidity to avoid a bank run - have security to manage risk and avoid insolvency - have a balanced portfolio of assets to mitigate risks that arise from a fall in one area
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What is a bank run?
when many clients simultaneously withdraw their money from a bank
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Why is a bank run likely to happen?
because clients have a lack of confidence in the bank's ability to function (presently or in the near future)
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How does a commercial bank make a profit?
they ensure they charge a higher rate of interest on loans than they pay on deposits
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What is meant by share capital?
all the funds raised by a company in exchange for shares
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How do banks create credit?
by giving loans to their customers
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What are stress tests used for?
used to measure the extent to which financial institutions are vulnerable to the effects of extreme economic events
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What is the purpose of stress tests?
to lower systemic risk
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Give 3 ways in which a firm could raise finance
- issuing shared - issuing corporate bonds - borrowing from a bank
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Define debt
the amount of money borrowed from one party to another
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What is the main risk that arises from commercial banks borrowing short-term and lending long-term?
Liquidity risk
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What is liquidity risk?
when a commercial bank may not be able to repay all of their deposits if savers decide to withdraw their funds
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Give 2 ways that a commercial bank reduce liquidity risk?
- attract long-term deposits - hold some liquid assets as capital reserves
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Give 3 points that argue against financial market regulation
- moral hazard - regulatory capture - high administration and enforcement costs
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Explain why financial market regulation may lead to greater moral hazard
- interventions such as bank bailouts may cause commercial bankers to take more risks - as they know if the risks go bad, it is the third party (BoE, taxpayers) that have to bail the banks out
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Explain why regulatory capture is likely to occur as a result of financial market regulation
- as the best regulators are usually the ones who have previously worked in the banking industry - but they may still have close relationships to CEOs and managers still in the industry
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What would it be called if the administration and enforcement costs of financial market regulation exceed to benefits?
government failure
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What are the 3 functions of a central bank?
- monetary policy function - financial stability and regulatory function - policy operation functions
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What are the two sections of the 'policy operation function' for a central bank?
- lender of last resort to the banking system - banker to the government
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What is another term for the bank rate?
the base rate (of interest)

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