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Monetary Policy Flashcards

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6360571948intrinsic valuethe inherent worth of something, independent of its value to anyone or anything else0
6360571949Store of valuean item that people can use to transfer purchasing power from the present to the future1
6360571950Divisibilitylarge and small units2
6360571951Fungibilityunits are capable of mutual substitution (money)3
6360571952reserve 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
6360571953commodity moneyobjects that have value in themselves and that are also used as money5
6360571954fiat moneyAnything that is money because the government has decreed it to be money (doesn't have to have an intrinsic value)6
6360571955vault cashThe currency a bank has in its vault and cash drawers.7
6360571956liquidityThe 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
6360571957M1the 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
6360571958small time depositsdeposits of less than 100,00010
6360571959M2the 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
6360571960travelers checksspecial kinds of checks that are used instead of cash by travelers12
6360571961M3equal to M2 plus large time deposits (deposits of $100,000 or more)13
6360571962noncheckable savings accounta savings account against which no checks can be written.14
6360571963money 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
6360571964thrift institutiona savings and loan association, mutual savings bank or credit union.16
6360571965discount rateThe interest rate on the loans that the Fed makes to banks17
6360571966raising the discount ratediscourages banks from borrowing from reserves from the FED.18
6360571967lowering the discount rateencourages banks to borrow from the FED19
6360571968federal funds rateInterest rate banks charge each other for overnight loans20
6360571969federal 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
6360571970proportional or "flat" taxesa system that applies the same tax rate to every taxpayer regardless of income (ex: medicare)22
6360571971regressive taxA tax that takes a larger percent from low-income people than high income people (ex: social security)23
6360571972progressive taxThose whom make more money pay a higher percent of their income in tax24
6360571973effective tax rateWhat percent of a household/company ACTUALLY pays for tax.25
6360571974money market graphmeasures nominal interest rate, not real for monetary policy, not fiscal shifting SUPPLY not demand.26

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