Notes 1 Flashcards
Money must serve as a _______, a means through which goods and services can be exchanged
Medium of exchange
___ is anything that people will accept as payment for goods and services
Money
_____ is the exchange of goods and services without using money
Barter
Money must also serve as a _____- determines the economic worth in the exchange process
Standard of value
______is something that holds its value over time
A store of value
_____ is a sustained rise in the general level of prices
Inflation
What are the physical properties of money?
Durability
Portability
Divisibility
Uniformity
Economic properties of money:
Stability of value
Scarcity
Acceptability
Money draws its value from 3 possible sources
Commodity money
Representative money
Fiat money
_____ derives its value from the type of material from which it is composed
Commodity money
______ is paper money back by something tangible that gives it value
Representative money