E-Money and Electronic Payments System Quiz

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What is the main characteristic of commodity money?

Heavy and hard to transport

Why might an individual be willing to save their cigarettes in the context provided?

Due to the belief that cigarettes can be exchanged for other goods in the future

What is a disadvantage of electronic money as mentioned in the text?

Heavy and hard to transport

In the evolution of the payments system, what is likely to precede the use of paper currency?

<p>Commodity money</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is declared legal tender by governments but is not convertible into coins or precious metals?

<p>Fiat money</p> Signup and view all the answers

Legally, what must governments do when paper currency is decreed as legal tender?

<p>Mandate its acceptance for all transactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes how recent financial innovation has impacted the Federal Reserve's job of conducting monetary policy?

<p>Made it more difficult by introducing uncertainty about what to consider money</p> Signup and view all the answers

As the pace of financial innovation quickens, how does defining money become?

<p>More difficult</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are monetary aggregates?

<p>Measures of the money supply reported by the Federal Reserve</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which is the narrowest monetary aggregate reported by the Fed?

<p>M1</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the currency component of the U.S. M1 money supply include?

<p>The hands of the nonbank public</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the components of the U.S. M1 money supply?

<p>Currency plus travelers checks plus money market deposits</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is considered a form of e-money?

<p>Stored-value card</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a smart card equivalent to in terms of traditional currency?

<p>Cash</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why has the paper payments system not been completely replaced by electronic payments systems?

<p>Transportation costs</p> Signup and view all the answers

What slows down the transition to a system where all payments are made electronically?

<p>Commodity money driving out paper money</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which payment method is NOT classified as e-money?

<p>Paper checks</p> Signup and view all the answers

What differentiates e-money from traditional physical currency?

<p>Requirement for physical storage</p> Signup and view all the answers

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