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CLEP Macroeconomics: Money And Banking

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The amount that a bank must keep in its reserve in order to meet cash demands






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






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






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






5. Increases money supply






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Currency + demand deposits






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






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






15. The purchase or sale of government securities






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






17. Shift of money demanded curve






18. Decrease interest rates to increase the money supply






19. Increase interest rates to decrease the money supply






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






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






22. Who determines quantity of money supplied?






23. How banks create money






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






25. Movement along money demand curve






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






27. Four categories of money






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






29. T/F. The transactions demand for money is dependent on the interest rate.






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






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






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






33. Decreases money supply






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






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






36. 1/reserve requirement






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






38. Each group is less liquid than the one before






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






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






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






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