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CLEP Macroeconomics: Money And Banking

Subjects : clep, economics
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. T/F. The transactions demand for money is dependent on the interest rate.






2. Contractionary monetary policy is used during a period of _________






3. The ratio of a bank's cash assets to its deposit liabilities






4. Shows how interest rates affect investment expenditure - and ultimately real GDP - prices and unemployment






5. When the Fed purchases securities it ________ the banks' reserves






6. The rate at which the Fed will loan money to commercial banks






7. (1) medium of exchange; (2) store of value; (3) unit of account






8. Households using money to pay bills - purchase materials - etc.






9. The amount that a bank must keep in its reserve in order to meet cash demands






10. Each group is less liquid than the one before






11. Who determines quantity of money supplied?






12. Quantity of money demanded and interest rate are ________ related






13. Currency + demand deposits






14. Informal discussions that occur between the commercial banks and the Fed about monetary and other policies






15. Equilibrium force in quantity of money demanded and quantity of money supplied






16. The Federal Reserve policies that are aimed at changing the size of the money supply and interest rates to affect the national economy






17. Decreases money supply






18. The rate the Federal Reserve charges banks to borrow money






19. Occurs when the Fed switches the deposits between its own accounts and the accounts of the commercial banks






20. Increases money supply






21. Expansionary monetary policy is used during a period of _________






22. Lender of last resort - supervisor of member banks - provider of check-clearing services - and controller of money supply






23. Changing the money supply to assist the economy to achieve a full employment - noninflationary level of output






24. How banks create money






25. M2+ + non-personal term deposits + foreign currency deposits






26. Entity responsible for managing the money supply in accordance with the needs of the economy






27. M2 + deposits held by other financial institutions (trust companies - credit unions)






28. The money that a bank has in reserve which exceeds the reserve requirement






29. Four categories of money






30. 1/reserve requirement






31. Shift of money demanded curve






32. If the Federal reserve lowers the reserve requirement - the interest rate will ________






33. Increase interest rates to decrease the money supply






34. M1 + personal savings deposits + non-personal notice deposits (from chartered banks)






35. What determines how much cash people will want to hold?






36. The amount received by a lender and paid by a borrower expressed as a percentage of the amount of a loan






37. Stems from the fact that money is a store of value and people hold their financial assets in many forms






38. The purchase or sale of government securities






39. Open market operations effect the money supply and _______ _____






40. Movement along money demand curve






41. Decrease interest rates to increase the money supply






42. The multiple by which the banking system can expand the money supply for each dollar of excess reserves