ECON 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ecash, Money Supply, Digital Currency

• School: York University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON 3430
• Professor: Brenda Spotton- Visano

Document Summary

It is a broad notion: distinct from: Income: flow of earnings per unit of time: functions of money: medium of exchange, medium of exchange: Eliminates need for double coincidence of wants. Allows for specialization and division of labour: an effective medium of exchange must: Not deteriorate quickly: functions of money: unit of account, unit of account: Units in which value is denominated throughout the economy. Reduces transaction costs: consider a store with 10 goods. Without a unit of account, we would need to know 45 prices to exchange one good for another. With a unit of account, we only need 10 prices as everything would be reported in dollars: functions of money: store of value, store of value: Other assets also serve this function (stocks, bonds, land, houses, art, jewelry, etc ) Money is the most liquid of all assets but does not pay a return, so loses value during inflation.