week 8 Flashcards

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money

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  • assets in the economy used in transactions of buying goods and services
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2
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functions of money

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  • medium of exchange
  • > avoids bartering
  • unit of account
  • > basic yardstick to measure value
  • store of value
  • > a way of holding wealth
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3
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kinds of money

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  • commodity money: gold, silver, shell, cigarettes

- flat money: paper money

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4
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measuring money

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Mo; currency, notes and coins in circulation

M1; Mo + check accounts

M3: M1 + all other bank deposits

Broad money: M3 + deposits at non-bank financial institutions

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5
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Money Supply

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  • Australia’s notes are printed by note printing australia
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6
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bank reserves

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  • deposits that banks have received but have not loaned out

- assets held by banks to cover withdrawals from depositors and cheques written on their accounts

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7
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reserve banking system

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  • first state bank is only a depository institution

- 100% reserve banking system: banks hold all the money deposited in them

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8
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fractional reserve banking system

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  • only a small part of the deposits are withdrawn or used by the depositors at any time
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9
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reserve ratio

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  • fraction of total deposits the bank holds as reserves
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10
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Money and prices

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  • close link between amount of money circulating in the economy and the general level of prides
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11
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velocity of money

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  • measures at a certain period of time
  • defined as the value of transactions completed in a period of time / stock of money required to make those transactions
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12
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RBA roles

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  • maintaining stability of the currency
  • > e.g. low inflation
  • oversight and regulation of financial markets
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13
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How does RBA conduct MP?

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  • targeting the overnight cash rate
  • RBA announces a cash rate and then either injects cash or removes cash from the short-term money market.
  • ensure that the target rate is the equilibrium rate
  • used as a benchmark rate from which other interest rates in the economy are determined
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14
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open market operation

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  • excess supply of funds in the OCM, it will withdraw funds from market by selling government bonds.
  • Takes in cash from commercial banks thus reducing cash in the system
  • excess demand -> buying gov. bonds and increase funds
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15
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bonds

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  • type of financial asset; the issuer of a bond is, in effect, seeking to borrow money
  • a legal promise to repay a loan
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