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14.6: Key Terms

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    asset
    item of value that a firm or an individual owns
    asset–liability time mismatch
    customers can withdraw a bank’s liabilities in the short term while customers repay its assets in the long term
    balance sheet
    an accounting tool that lists assets and liabilities
    bank capital
    a bank’s net worth
    barter
    literally, trading one good or service for another, without using money
    coins and currency in circulation
    the coins and bills that circulate in an economy that are not held by the U.S Treasury, at the Federal Reserve Bank, or in bank vaults
    commodity money
    an item that is used as money, but which also has value from its use as something other than money
    commodity-backed currencies
    dollar bills or other currencies with values backed up by gold or another commodity
    credit card
    immediately transfers money from the credit card company’s checking account to the seller, and at the end of the month the user owes the money to the credit card company; a credit card is a short-term loan
    debit card
    like a check, is an instruction to the user’s bank to transfer money directly and immediately from your bank account to the seller
    demand deposit
    checkable deposit in banks that is available by making a cash withdrawal or writing a check
    depository institution
    institution that accepts money deposits and then uses these to make loans
    diversify
    making loans or investments with a variety of firms, to reduce the risk of being adversely affected by events at one or a few firms
    double coincidence of wants
    a situation in which two people each want some good or service that the other person can provide
    fiat money
    has no intrinsic value, but is declared by a government to be the country's legal tender
    financial intermediary
    an institution that operates between a saver with financial assets to invest and an entity who will borrow those assets and pay a rate of return
    liability
    any amount or debt that a firm or an individual owes
    M1 money supply
    a narrow definition of the money supply that includes currency and checking accounts in banks, and to a lesser degree, traveler’s checks.
    M2 money supply
    a definition of the money supply that includes everything in M1, but also adds savings deposits, money market funds, and certificates of deposit
    medium of exchange
    whatever is widely accepted as a method of payment
    money
    whatever serves society in four functions: as a medium of exchange, a store of value, a unit of account, and a standard of deferred payment.
    money market fund
    the deposits of many investors are pooled together and invested in a safe way like short-term government bonds
    money multiplier formula
    total money in the economy divided by the original quantity of money, or change in the total money in the economy divided by a change in the original quantity of money
    net worth
    the excess of the asset value over and above the amount of the liability; total assets minus total liabilities
    payment system
    helps an economy exchange goods and services for money or other financial assets
    reserves
    funds that a bank keeps on hand and that it does not loan out or invest in bonds
    savings deposit
    bank account where you cannot withdraw money by writing a check, but can withdraw the money at a bank—or can transfer it easily to a checking account
    smart card
    stores a certain value of money on a card and then one can use the card to make purchases
    standard of deferred payment
    money must also be acceptable to make purchases today that will be paid in the future
    store of value
    something that serves as a way of preserving economic value that one can spend or consume in the future
    T-account
    a balance sheet with a two-column format, with the T-shape formed by the vertical line down the middle and the horizontal line under the column headings for “Assets” and “Liabilities”
    time deposit
    account that the depositor has committed to leaving in the bank for a certain period of time, in exchange for a higher rate of interest; also called certificate of deposit
    transaction costs
    the costs associated with finding a lender or a borrower for money
    unit of account
    the common way in which we measure market values in an economy

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