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Financial System
Ch 1 Money and Banking
Question | Answer |
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Five core principles | Time, Risk, Information, Markets, and Stability |
Time | Time has value |
Risk | Risk requires compensation |
Information | Information is the basis for decisions |
Markets | Markets determine prices and allocate resources |
Stability | Stability improves welfare |
Six parts of the financial system | money, financial instruments, financial markets, financial institutions, government regulatory agencies, and central banks |
Money | used to pay for purchases and to store wealth |
Financial instruments | used to transfer resources and risk |
Financial markets | allow people to buy and sell financial instruments |
Financial institutions | provide access to the financial markets, collect information, and provide a variety of other services |
Government regulatory agencies | aim to make the financial system operate safely and reliably |
Central banks | stabilize the economy |
Gross Domestic Product | the market value of final goods and services produced in a country during a year |
Real GDP | separates changes in quantities from changes in the prices-uses a base-year price |
Nominal GDP | GDP measured at current dollar prices |
GDP deflator | Nominal GDP/Real GDP |