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ECON2 Chapter 10
Question | Answer |
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is anything that people will accept in exchange for goods and services. | Money |
is a means through which goods and services can be exchanged. | medium of exchange |
is the exchange of goods and services without using money. | Barter |
determines the economic worth in the exchange process. | standard of value |
is something that holds its value over time. | store of value |
has intrinsic value based on the material from which it is made. | Commodity money |
is backed by something tangible | Representative money |
is declared by the government and accepted by citizens to have worth. | Fiat money |
is paper money and coins. | Currency |
are checking accounts. | Demand deposits |
is savings accounts and time depos- its that can be converted into cash relatively easily. | Near money |
is a bank chartered by a state government. | state bank |
are banks chartered by the national government. | National banks |
is a system that backs the basic monetary unit with a set amount of gold. | gold standard |
is an electronic device that allows bank customers to make transactions without seeing a bank officer. | automated teller machine (ATM) |
can be used like an ATM card or like a check. | debit card |
represents money that the holder has on deposit with the issuer. | stored-value card |