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Econ 10

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Money   Anything that serves as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a sore of value  
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medium of exchange   Anything that is used to determine value during the exchange of goods and services  
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Barter   Direct exchange of one set of goods or services for another  
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Unit of account   A means for comparing the values of goods and services  
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Store of value   Something that keeps its value if it is stored rather than spent  
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Currency   Coins and paper bills used a money  
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Representative money   Objects that have value because the holder can exchange them for something else of value such as paper receipts or IOU's  
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Commodity money   Objects that have value in and of themselves and that are also used as money such as salt, cattle, precious stones  
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Specie   Coined money usually gold or silver, used to back paper money  
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Fiat money   Objects that have value because a government has decreed that they are an acceptable means to pay debts  
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Bank   Institution for receiving, keeping and lending money  
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National bank   Bank chartered by the federal government  
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Bank run   Widespread panic in which many people try to redeem their paper money at the same time  
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Greenback   Paper currency issued during the Civil War  
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Gold standard   Monetary system in which paper money and coins had the value of certain amounts of gold  
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Central bank   Bank that can lend to other banks in time of need  
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Member bank   Bank that belongs to the Federal Reserve System  
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Forclosure   Seizure of property from borrowers who are unable to repay their loans  
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Money supply   All the money available in the United States economy  
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Liquidity   The ability to be used as, or directly converted into cash  
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Demand deposit   Money in a checking account that can be paid out "on demand", or at anytime  
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Money market mutual funds   Pools money from small savers to purchase short term government and corporate securities  
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Fractional reserve banking   Banking system that keeps only a fraction of its funds on hand and lends out the remainder  
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Default   Failing to pay back a loan  
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Mortgage   Specific type of loan that is used to buy real estate  
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Credit card   Card entitling its owner to buy goods and services based on the owner's promise to pay for those goods and services  
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Interest   Price paid for the use of borrowed money  
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Principal   Amount of money borrowed  
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Debit card   Card used to withdraw money from a bank account  
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Creditor   Person or institution to whom money is owed  
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six characteristics of money   Durability, portability, divisibility, uniformity, limited supply, acceptability  
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Durability   Must withstand physical wear and tear from being used over and over  
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Portability   Easy to carry, small and light weight  
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Uniformity   Same in terms of what it will buy  
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Divisibility   Easily divided into smaller denominations, so you don't have to use exact change  
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Limit of supply   Federal Reserve controls the money supply to keep our currency valuable  
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Acceptability   Everyone in the economy must be able to take the objects that serves as money and exchange it for goods and services  
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Problems with state-chartered banks   Bank runs and panic, wildcat banks, fraud, many different currencies  
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Federal Reserve Banks   12  
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Great Depression   began in 1929 and lasted more than a decade  
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Savings and Loan Crisis   Deregulation and high interest rates caused competition in the market that the S&L's were not prepared for  
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FDIC   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, insures moneys in a bank for up to $250,000  
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M1   Assets that have liquidity and represent money that can be accessed easily and immediately to pay for goods and services  
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M2   Consists of all assets in M1 plus M2. M2 is not as easily converted into cash. Sometimes it is called near money  
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Functions of financial institutions   Store money, save money, loans, mortgages, credit cards  
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Bank profit   The largest source of income for banks comes from the interest on loans  
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Types of financial institutions   Commercial banks, savings and loan associations, savings Banks, credit unions, finance companies  
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Debit card   Card used to withdraw money from a bank account  
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Creditor   A person or institution to whom money is owed  
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