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Financial system

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the group of institutions in the economy that help to match one person’s saving with another person’s investment

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Financial Markets

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financial institutions through which savers can directly provide funds to borrowers

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Bond

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a certificate of indebtedness

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Stock

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a claim to partial ownership in a firm

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Financial intermediaries

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financial institutions through which savers can indirectly provide funds to borrowers

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Mutual fund

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an institution that sells shares to the public and uses the proceeds to buy a portfolio of stocks and/or bonds

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National saving

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the total income in the economy that remains after paying for consumption and government purchases

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Private saving

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the income that households have left after paying for taxes and consumption

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Public saving

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the tax revenue that the government has left after paying for its spending

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Budget surplus

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an excess of tax revenue over government spending

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Budget deficit

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a shortfall of tax revenue from government spending

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Market for loanable funds

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the market in which those who want to save supply funds and those who want to borrow to invest demand funds

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Government debt

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the sum of all past budget deficits and surpluses

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Crowding out

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a decrease in investment that results from government borrowing

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Vicious circle

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the cycle that results when deficits reduce the supply of loanable funds, increase interest rates, discourage investment, and result in slower economic growth; slower growth leads to lower tax revenue and higher spending on income-support programs, and the result can be even higher budget deficits

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Virtuous circle

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the cycle that results when surpluses increase the supply of loanable funds, reduce interest rates, stimulate investment, and result in faster economic growth; faster growth leads to higher tax revenue and lower spending on income-support programs, and the result can be even higher budget surpluses

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Government net debt

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the difference between the value of government financial liabilities and financial assets

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Labour force

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the total number of workers, including both the employed and the unemployed

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Unemployment rate

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the percentage of the labour force that is unemployed

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Labour-force participation rate

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the percentage of the adult population that is in the labour force

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Discouraged searchers

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individuals who would like to work but have given up looking for a job

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Natural rate of unemployment

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the rate of unemployment to which the economy tends to return in the long run

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Cyclical unemployment

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the deviation of unemployment from its natural rate

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Frictional unemployment

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unemployment that results because it takes time for workers to search for the jobs that best suit their tastes and skills

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Structural unemployment
unemployment that results because the number of jobs available in some labour markets is insufficient to provide a job for everyone who wants one
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Job search
the process by which workers find appropriate jobs given their tastes and skills
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Employment Insurance (EI)
a government program that partially protects workers’ incomes when they become unemployed
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Union
a worker association that bargains with employers over wages and working conditions
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Collective bargaining
the process by which unions and firms agree on the terms of employment
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Strike
the organized withdrawal of labour from a firm by a union
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Efficiency wages
above-equilibrium wages paid by firms in order to increase worker productivity
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Money
the set of assets in an economy that people regularly use to buy goods and services from other people
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Medium of exchange
an item that buyers give to sellers when they want to purchase goods or services
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Unit of account
an item that buyers give to sellers when they want to purchase goods or services
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Store of value
an item that people can use to transfer purchasing power from the present to the future
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Liquidity
the ease with which an asset can be converted into the economy’s medium of exchange
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Commodity money
money that takes the form of a commodity with intrinsic value
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Flat money
money without intrinsic value that is used as money because of government decree
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Currency
the paper bills and coins in the hands of the public
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Demand deposits
balances in bank accounts that depositors can access on demand by writing a cheque or using a debit card
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Bank of Canada
the central bank of Canada
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Central Bank
an institution designed to regulate the quantity of money in the economy
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Money Supply
the quantity of money available in the economy
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Monetary policy
the setting of the money supply by policymakers in the central bank
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Reserves
deposits that banks have received but have not loaned out
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Fractional reserve banking
a banking system in which banks hold only a fraction of deposits as reserves
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Reserve ratio
the fraction of deposits that banks hold as reserves
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Capital requirement
a government regulation specifying a minimum amount of bank capital
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Bank rate
the interest rate charged by the Bank of Canada on loans to the commercial banks
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Overnight rate
the interest rate on very short-term loans between commercial banks
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Open-market operations
the purchase or sale of government of Canada bonds by the Bank of Canada
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Quantitative easing
the purchase and sale by the central bank of nongovernment securities or government securities with long maturity terms
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Foreign exchange market operations
the purchase or sale of foreign money by the Bank of Canada
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Sterilization
the process of offsetting foreign exchange market operations with open-market operations, so that the effect on the money supply is cancelled out
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Reserve requirement
regulations on the minimum amount of reserves that banks must hold against deposits
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Money multiplier
the fraction of deposits that banks hold as reserves
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Quantity theory of money
a theory asserting that the quantity of money available determines the price level and that the growth rate in the quantity of money available determines the inflation rate
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Nominal variables
variables measured in monetary units
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Real variables
variables measured in physical units
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Classical dichotomy
the theoretical separation of nominal and real variables
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Monetary neutrality
the proposition that changes in the money supply do not affect real variables
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Velocity of money
the rate at which money changes hands
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Quantity equation
the equation M × V = P × Y, which relates the quantity of money, the velocity of money, and the dollar value of the economy’s output of goods and services
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Inflation tax
the revenue the government raises by creating money
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Fisher effect
the one-for-one adjustment of the nominal interest rate to the inflation rate
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Shoe-leather cost
the resources wasted when inflation encourages people to reduce their money holdings
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Menu cost
the costs of changing prices

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