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EC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Inverse Relation, Money Multiplier, Money Creation

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12 Nov 2015
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Economics
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EC140
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Hideki Ariizumi

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Inflation: money is any commodity or token that is generally acceptable as a means of payment. Money: means of payment is a method of selling debt, money"s other three main functions include, medium of exchange. An object that is generally accepted in exchange for goods and services. In the absence of money, people would need to exchange goods and services directly, which is called bartering: bartering is a double coincidence of wants, which is rare, unit of account. A unit of account is an agreed measure for stating the prices of goods and services: store of value. As a store of value, money can be held for a time and later exchanged: money in canada consists of, currency: the notes and coins held by individuals and businesses, deposits at banks and other depository institutions. Money=currency+deposits o: the two main official measures of money in canada are m1 and m2.

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Related Questions

1. Which of the following both increase the money supply?

an increase in the discount rate and an increase in the interest rate on reserves
an increase in the discount rate and a decrease in the interest rate on reserves
a decrease in the discount rate and an increase in the interest rate on reserves
a decrease in the discount rate and a decrease in the interest rate on reserves

2. In the U.S., the average adult holds about $3,700 in
currency.
wealth.
M1.
M2.
3. The measure of the money stock called M1 includes
wealth held by people in their checking accounts.
wealth held by people in their savings accounts.
wealth held by people in money market mutual funds.
everything that is included in M2 plus some additional items
4. When the Fed decreases the discount rate, banks will
borrow more from the Fed and lend more to the public. The money supply increases.
borrow more from the Fed and lend less to the public. The money supply decreases.
borrow less from the Fed and lend more to the public. The money supply increases.
borrow less from the Fed and lend less to the public. The money supply decreases.
5. Reserve requirements are regulations concerning
the amount banks are allowed to borrow from the Fed.
the amount of reserves banks must hold against deposits.
reserves banks must hold based on the number and type of loans they make.
the interest rate at which banks can borrow from the Fed.
6. When we say that trade is roundabout we mean that
people sometimes trade goods for goods.
trades require a double coincidence of wants.
currency is accepted primarily to make further trades.
people must spend time searching for the products they wish to purchase.
7. Values of Assets

Asset

Amount in $Billions

Small-time deposits

780

Large time deposits

1,700

Demand deposits

450

Other checkable deposits

370

Savings deposits

4950

Traveller's checks

5

Money market mutual funds

740

Currency

880

Miscellaneous categories of M2

50

Refer to Value of Assets. What is the value of M1 in billions of dollars?
1705
2485
6295
7075
8. In 1991, the Federal Reserve lowered the reserve requirement from 12 per cent to 10 per cent. Other things the same this should have
increased both the money multiplier and the money supply.
decreased both the money multiplier and the money supply.
increased the money multiplier and decreased the money supply.
decreased the money multiplier and increased the money supply.
9. Consider four survivors on an island.

Rupert

has machete

wants fishing spear

Amber

has cooking pot

wants fishing spear

Rob

has fishing spear

wants machete

Tom

has cooking pot

wants machete

Which of the following pairs of survivors has a double-coincidence of wants?
Rupert with Amber, and Rob with Tom
Amber with Tom
Rupert with Rob
None of the above is correct.
10. Economists use the term money to refer to

all wealth.
all assets, including real assets and financial assets.
all financial assets, but not real assets.
those types of wealth that are regularly accepted by sellers in exchange for goods and services.

Question 1

The higher the capital utilization rate, the greater the depreciation rate.

True
False

Question 2

Higher capital utilization rates may raise the user costs of capital because higher utilization rates imply

operating at inconvenient times.
paying overtime to employees operating the machines.
operating when complementary services like transporters are unavailable or more expensive.
All of the above.

Question 3

If the rental price of capital increase, the capital utilization rate

increases.
decreases.
remains the same.

depends on whether the substitution rate is greater than the income effect

Question 4

The vacancy rate in the labor market is

the number of job openings divided by the number of unemployed people in the labor force.
the number of job openings divided by the number of workers in the labor force.
the ratio of open jobs to filled jobs.
the ratio of open jobs to the total number of jobs that employers want occupied.

Question 5

Unemployment can exist in a market clearing model if it takes some search time for workers to find jobs.

True
False

Question 6

A decrease in workers’ effective real incomes while they are unemployed will

lower the job finding rate and raise the expected duration of unemployment.
lower the job finding rate and the expected duration of unemployment.
raise the job finding rate and lower the expected duration of unemployment.
raise the job finding rate and the expected duration of unemployment.

Question 7

In the Barro model, the natural rate of unemployment is

positively related to the job separations rate.
zero.
fixed.
positively related to the job finding rate.

Question 8

If the interest rate increases, the real demand for money also increases

True
False

Question 9

Commodity money is money that has value because

of the intrinsic value of the commodity.
it is legal tender.
the government says so.
All of the above.

Question 10

High-powered money is

money held by business for investment.
total currency in circulation plus depository institution deposits at the Fed.
total currency in circulation.
government bonds held by the public and depository institutions.

Question 11

U.S. M1 money includes

currency held by the public.
checkable deposits.
traveler’s checks.
All of the above.

Question 12

U.S. M2 money includes

currency, time deposits, and government bonds.
savings deposits, small time deposits, and private bonds.
checkable deposits, savings deposits, and small time deposits.
retail money market mutual funds, small time deposits, and government bonds.

Question

Money is different from other assets like capital and bonds in that

money does not pay interest.
money has intrinsic value.
money is a better long term store of value.
All of the above.

Question

If a person’s income doubles, we expect their cash holdings to

double
more than double.
less than double.
decrease.

Question 15

Real money demand does not change when

nominal GDP changes.
the interest rate changes.
the price level changes.
All of the above.

Question 16

All else constant, the price level rises when the supply of money increases.

True
False

Question 17

If the nominal interest rate were to increase, then

money demand decreases and the price level increases.
money demand increases and the price level decreases.
the money supply and the price level would increase.
the money supply and the price level would decrease.

Question 18

Real money demand is a function of real GDP and the nominal interest rate.

True
False

Question 19

The real return on money is zero.

True
False

Question 20

If the expected inflation rate is 5% and the unexpected inflation rate is 4%, the actual inflation is

1%
9%
-1%
1.25%

Question 21

When the rate of growth of money is constant

the inflation rate equals the growth rate of money.
the nominal interest rate rises.
real money balances are declining.
All of the above.

Question 22

A decrease in the money growth rate in the market clearing model causes

a decrease in the nominal interest rate.
an increase in money demand.
a decrease in the price level.
All of the above.

Question 23

A decrease in the money growth rate in the market clearing model causes

an increase in the nominal interest rate.
an increase in money demand.
an increase in the price level.
All of the above.

Question 24

Under price level targeting the money supply becomes

neutral
endogenous
exogenous
predetermined

Q 25 During a recession, the interest rate falls tending to cause money demand to rise, but is at least partly offset by real GDP falling tending to cause money demand to fall.

True
False