Finnal Flashcards
Asset
Something of value
Money
Object we use in order to exchange for something we want
Liability
Debt owed
Barter
Negotiate with someone for an exchange without money
4 functions if money
- Money used as a medium of exchange
- Keeps records strait
- Store of value
- Used to differ payment (can pay something later)
Federal reserve system
Central bank of the USA, controls all banks in USA
- sets interest rates
- loans money to the banks
2 ways to measure money
- M1: deals with all cash on demand, currency’s, cash, checking accounts travelers checks coins (valued around 2 trillion)
- Consists of M1( 2 trillion) + savings (7 trillion) = 9 trillion
Monetary policy
The government strategy to manipulate interest rates and supply of money to slow or speed up the economy
Fiscal policy
How the gov. Manipulate taxes and spending in order to manipulate the economy
Prime rate
The best interest rate banks loan to there best customers
Velocity of money
How long does a dollar stay in a community
Goals of price stability
- Foster price stability
- Improve employment
- Introduce stability in financial markets like banks
- Motivate economic growth
Demand schedule
As interest rates go up, demand for money goes up. As interest rates go down demand for money goes down
Things that move demand schedule to the right
1 more borrowers
2 higher income
3 higher longevity
4 GDP strong
Exspmtionory monetary policy
Tries to increase GDP by
- Lower interest rates
- Increase money supply
- More loan-able money
Contractionary military supply
Slow down the economy make GDP smaller
- Increase interest rates
- Restrict money supply
- Make loans very hard to obtain/ non loan- able
3 strategies how gov. Taxes to expand economy
- Reduce tax, when you reduce tax DI goes up ( PI - taxes= DI)
- Increase gov. Spending
- Set the environment where buiessness want to spend more money
Contractionary fiscal policy to slow down economy
- Raise tax
- Lower gov. Spending
- Demotivate private companies from investing
Crowding out
As gov. Spending goes up, private investments go down and vise versa.
Budget deficit
Revenues are less than expeditiures
BD=R>Exsp.
Budget surplus
R> Exsp.
Philips curve
Shows how unemployment and inflation are connected, both short term and long term
Short: as inflation goes up, unemployment goes down and vise versa.
Long: does not effect will always be at natural unemployment ( 4-5%)
Open economy
An economy that trades with other countries
Closed economy
An economy that doesn’t trade with other countries
Balance of trade
the difference in value between a country’s imports and exports.