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CLEP Macroeconomics: Money And Banking

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Quantity of money demanded and interest rate are ________ related






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






3. Movement along money demand curve






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






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






6. How banks create money






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






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






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






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






11. The purchase or sale of government securities






12. Currency + demand deposits






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






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






15. 1/reserve requirement






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






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






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






19. Increases money supply






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Who determines quantity of money supplied?






27. Four categories of money






28. Each group is less liquid than the one before






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






30. Increase interest rates to decrease the money supply






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Decrease interest rates to increase the money supply






39. Decreases money supply






40. Shift of money demanded curve






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






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