What Money Is, Money and Banking, Money Market Flashcards

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the three purposes of money

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  1. store of value - to transfer purchasing power from the present to the future
  2. unit of account - the terms in which prices are quoted and debts are recorded
  3. medium of exchange - what we use to buy goods and services
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2
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denotes the amount of currency in circulation i.e., currency bills, coins, and bank reserves

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M0 or monetary base

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3
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includes M0 and other liquid deposits in bank,
e.g., demand deposits, checking account deposits, and traveler’s check

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M1 or narrow money

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4
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adds to M1 other assets that are not quite as
liquid as those included in M1, such as assets that have check-writing
features and other assets that can be turned into cash quickly and at very little cost

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M2 or broad money

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5
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include M2 plus money substitutes
such as promissory notes and commercial papers

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M3 or broad money liabilities

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6
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M3 plus transferable deposits, treasury bills
and deposits held in foreign currency deposits; almost all short-term,
highly liquid assets will be included in this measure

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M4 or liquidity money

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7
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the price paid for borrowing money is ___

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the interest rate

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8
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a certificate of indebtedness that specifies the obligations
of the borrower to the buyer

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bond

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9
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the time at which the loan will be repaid

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the date of maturity

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10
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the amount borrowed in a bond

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principal

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11
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The price of a bond and the interest rate it pays are ____ related

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negatively/inversely

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12
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how do banks obtain funds? why?

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by borrowing and issuing other liabilities such as deposits; to acquire assets such as loans and bonds

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13
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a statement of a firm’s
financial position at a point in time; it lists assets (items that the
bank owns) and liabilities (items that the bank owes)

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bank balance sheet

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14
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a special asset that consists of currency held by the bank and the bank’s deposits with the central bank

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reserves

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15
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why do banks have an incentive to make loans to individuals and firms?

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because they can charge interest on these loans

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16
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a bank need not keep all its deposits in reserve when

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amount of new deposits = amount of withdrawals

17
Q

This is the practice whereby a bank
accepts deposits and holds reserves that are a fraction of the amount
of its deposit liabilities.

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fractional-reserve banking

18
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Bank money = total reserves x 1/reserve ratio (money multiplier)

what is reserve ratio?

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the fraction of total deposits banks keep as reserves

19
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what is the primary difference between banks and other financial institutions?

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the banking system’s ability to create money

20
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the process of transferring funds from savers to borrowers is called ___

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financial intermediation

21
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why are banks the only financial institutions that directly influence the money supply?

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because only banks have the legal authority to create assets that are part of the money supply

22
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Money supply in the real world is determined by ____, ____, and _____.

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the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP); the banking system; consumers

23
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expansionary monetary policy

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if the money supply is increased by the central bank

24
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contractionary monetary policy

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if the money supply is decreased by the central bank

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the three instruments of monetary policy
Open market operations (OMO), Discount-window lending, Reserve-requirements policy
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the central bank's primary tool for implementing monetary policy; activities whereby the central bank affects bank reserves by buying or selling government securities (bonds) on the open market.
Open Market Operations
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a facility from which banks can borrow when they need additional funds
discount window
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the central bank charges a ____ on borrowed funds
discount rate
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the fraction of deposits that banks hold in reserve; determined by the business policies of banks and the laws regulating banks
reserve-deposit ratio (re)
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the amount of currency CU people hold as a fraction of their holdings of demand deposits DD; reflects the preferences of households about the form of money they wish to hold
currency-deposit ratio (cu)
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two features of money that are particularly important
1. money is the most liquid asset 2. money pays a low return
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What is the cost of holding money?
The cost of holding money is the interest forgone from not holding other assets.
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three variables that affect money demand
price level, real income, nominal interest rate