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What is the primary function of money in the economy?
What is the primary function of money in the economy?
- To facilitate barter
- To measure the value of goods and services
- To store value
- To act as a medium of exchange (correct)
Which of the following is NOT a measure of the money supply?
Which of the following is NOT a measure of the money supply?
- M2
- M4 (correct)
- M3
- M1
What is the most liquid measure of the money supply?
What is the most liquid measure of the money supply?
- Savings Accounts
- M3
- M2
- M1 (correct)
What is the term for the amount of money in circulation?
What is the term for the amount of money in circulation?
Who oversees the Federal Reserve?
Who oversees the Federal Reserve?
What is the term for the ability to convert an asset into cash quickly and without loss of value?
What is the term for the ability to convert an asset into cash quickly and without loss of value?
What is the main function of the 12 Federal Reserve District Banks scattered throughout the United States?
What is the main function of the 12 Federal Reserve District Banks scattered throughout the United States?
What is the term for the minimum amount of funds that depository institutions must hold in the form of vault cash or deposits with the Fed?
What is the term for the minimum amount of funds that depository institutions must hold in the form of vault cash or deposits with the Fed?
What is the result of a bank lending out excess reserves, and the borrower re-depositing the funds into the bank?
What is the result of a bank lending out excess reserves, and the borrower re-depositing the funds into the bank?
What is the formula to calculate the Required Reserves (RR)?
What is the formula to calculate the Required Reserves (RR)?
What is the term for the number that, when multiplied by a change in reserves in the banking system, yields the resulting change in the money supply?
What is the term for the number that, when multiplied by a change in reserves in the banking system, yields the resulting change in the money supply?
What happens to the money multiplier when the Required Reserve Ratio (rrr) increases?
What happens to the money multiplier when the Required Reserve Ratio (rrr) increases?
