The Financial System | Financial Assets | Shifters Of Money Supply | Loanable Funds Market | Types/ Roles of Money |
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What is a physical asset?
A claim on a tangible object (such as a preexisting house)
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What is a loan?
Lending agreement between a lender and a borrower
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If there is a recession, what should the FED do to the reserve requirement?
Decrease the reserve ratio
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What is a transaction cost?
Expenses of actually putting together and executing a deal
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What does it mean to default?
Fail to make payments as specified by the loan or bond contract
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What happens to AD when the reserve ratio is increased?
AD decreases
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What is a liquid asset?
If it can be quickly converted to cash
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What is the difference between a bond and a stock?
A stock is a share in ownership of a company while a bond is an IOU issued by the borrower
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What should the FED do to the discount rate to decrease money supply?
Increase
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What are the 3 tasks of a Financial System?
Reducing transaction costs, reducing risks, and providing liquidity
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What are 3 types of financial intermediaries?
Mutual funds, pension funds, life insurance companies, and banks
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Name the 3 shifters of Money Supply
Setting Reserve Requirements, Lending Money to Banks and Thrifts, Open Market Operations
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Name the 4 types of financial assets
Stocks, bonds, loans, bank deposits
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Which of the financial intermediaries helps resolves the issue of liquidity?
Banks
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The formula for the Money Multiplier
1 over reserve ratio
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