potentially serve as money? Consider each as (1) a medium of exchange‚ (2) a unit of account‚ and (3) a store of value. a. Visa credit card It is not money because it fails the store of value test. b. Federal Reserve note Yes it can serve as money. c. Dog No‚ it cannot be used. d. Beer mug No‚ it cannot be used. 4. What backs the US dollar? Include the distinction between commodity money and fiat money in your answer. Commodity money is anything that serves as money while having market
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f. Calculate the marginal propensity to consume? g. What is autonomous consumption? 2. Suppose that a person’s wealth is $50‚000 and that her yearly income is $60‚000. Her money demand function is given by M = $Y(.35 –i) a. What is her demand for money and her demand for bonds when the interest rate is 5% and 10%? Interest rate at 5% M = 60‚000 (.35 - .05) M = 18000 Demand for bonds = Wealth - Md
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measures that can be used to regulate money supply. Money supply is the entire stock of currency and other liquid instruments in a country’s economy as of a particular time. The money supply can include cash‚ coins and balances held in checking and savings accounts. Economists analyze the money supply and develop policies revolving around it through controlling interest rates and increasing or decreasing the amount of money flowing in the economy. Money supply data is collected‚ recorded and
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Counterfeit Money Counterfeit money is currency that is produced without the legal sanction of the state or government and it is a deliberate violation of that country ’s laws. Counterfeiting is almost as old as money itself. The main objective of counterfeiting is obvious. If you could do it without getting caught‚ you would be able to print your own money and buy whatever you want with it. Counterfeiting is the ultimate technology for people who want to get something for nothing. Anybody
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Essay: Discuss the measurement of the money supply in the U.S. measured? There are several definitions of the supply of money.M1 is narrowest and most commonly used. It includes all currency (notes and coins) in circulation‚ all checkable deposits held at banks (bank money)‚ and all traveler’s checks. A somewhat broader measure of the supply of money is M2‚ which includes all of M1 plus savings and time deposits held at banks. An even broader measure of the money supply is M3‚ which includes all of
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“The role and nature of money” There is a scene in the movie called “The Boiler Room”‚ where Ben Affleck pays the role of a recruiter in a brokerage firm. During his recruitment speech he says “anybody tells you money is the root of all evil‚ doesn’t f**Kin’ have any. They say money can’t buy happiness? Look at my f**kin’ smile on my face. Ear to ear‚ baby…” so the question is what is money? Different people have different meaning for money. Some people equate money as having wealth like “Bill
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International Economics‚ Banking‚ and Finance Principles of Money & Banking Lecture Notes 1 The Definition of Money The definition of anything follows one of two procedures 1) Attach labels to real world objects – Nominalist (2) Attach labels concepts and then search for the corresponding real world entity - Empiricist Characteristics of Money 1) Medium of Exchange 2) Unit of Account 3) Store of Value Money has two meanings. As an abstract notion it is a unit of account
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The Paradox of Money and Happiness “The ideas that rich and poor are equal before the law and that the vote of a rich man counts just as much as those of a poor man are two of the most radical ideas in human history. They are‚ of course‚ the essence of democracy.” Robert Kuttner‚ the Power of Money (Boston Globe 2001) By this he seems to mean that‚ the vote of a poor man is as powerful as that of a rich man although when a rich man comes out to vote in public is becomes very
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In addition to its two primary functions of serving as a medium of exchange and as a common measure of value‚ money performs the secondary‚ derivative or subsidiary functions of serving as a standard of deferred payments‚ a store of value and transfer of value. Standard of deferred payments: Money comes into general use as a medium of payments and as a unit of account not only for immediate transactions; it also serves as a standard of deferred payments when obligations to make future payments are
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important of saving money Nowadays‚ money is important to us in our life. Without money‚ many thing will not success and we will get many problem and tough in our life. Every people think that money is important for them‚ all of us work hard to hope can get more and more money. The money is wont enough in our daily life. We should save the money that we have but not use all of it. If we have sick‚ we should need money to but medicine or see doctor. If we do not have money‚ we will can’t get a
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