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Monetary Policy Flashcards

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3956121693intrinsic valuethe inherent worth of something, independent of its value to anyone or anything else0
3956129820Store of valuean item that people can use to transfer purchasing power from the present to the future1
3956132209Divisibilitylarge and small units2
3956133136Fungibilityunits are capable of mutual substitution (money)3
3956136965reserve requirementThe specified minimum percentage of its checkable deposits that a bank or thrift must keep on deposit at the Federal Reserve Bank in its district or hold as vault cash. (increasing -> decreasing money supply, degreasing -> increasing money supply)4
3956141657commodity moneyobjects that have value in themselves and that are also used as money5
3956142853fiat moneyAnything that is money because the government has decreed it to be money (doesn't have to have an intrinsic value)6
3956160415vault cashThe currency a bank has in its vault and cash drawers.7
3956165952liquidityThe ease with witch an asset can be converted quickly into cash with little or no loss of purchasing power. Money is said to be perfectly _____, whereas other assets have a lesser degree of liquidity.8
3956170884M1the most narrowly defined money supply, equal to currency in the hands of the public and the checkable deposits of commercial banks and thrift institutions. (checking accounts), traveler's checks.9
3956176971small time depositsdeposits of less than 100,00010
3956186716M2the most narrowly defined money supply, equal to M1 plus non-checkable savings accounts (including money market deposit accounts), small time deposits, and individual money market mutual fund balances.11
3956196650travelers checksspecial kinds of checks that are used instead of cash by travelers12
3956197793M3equal to M2 plus large time deposits (deposits of $100,000 or more)13
3956205888noncheckable savings accounta savings account against which no checks can be written.14
3956210753money market deposit accounts (MMDAs)interest earning accounts at banks and thrift institutions, which pool the funds of depositors to buy various short-term securities.15
3956215798thrift institutiona savings and loan association, mutual savings bank or credit union.16
4052862239discount rateThe interest rate on the loans that the Fed makes to banks17
4052862942raising the discount ratediscourages banks from borrowing from reserves from the FED.18
4052864688lowering the discount rateencourages banks to borrow from the FED19
4052866550federal funds rateInterest rate banks charge each other for overnight loans20
4052868413federal open market committeethe 12 member group that determines the purchase and sale policies of the Federal Reserve Banks in the market for U.S. government securities21
4052875762proportional or "flat" taxesa system that applies the same tax rate to every taxpayer regardless of income (ex: medicare)22
4052876770regressive taxA tax that takes a larger percent from low-income people than high income people (ex: social security)23
4052878434progressive taxThose whom make more money pay a higher percent of their income in tax24
4052879848effective tax rateWhat percent of a household/company ACTUALLY pays for tax.25
4052885297money market graphmeasures nominal interest rate, not real for monetary policy, not fiscal shifting SUPPLY not demand.26

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