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DSST Money And Banking
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1. Expectations theory forms the foundation of the slope of the curve. Liquidity Premium Theory makes Long Term permanent modifications that suggests an up ward slopping curve. Over short periods - relatives supplies of securities have an impact on yiel
Money (money supply)
Corporate Bonds
T-Bills
Term structure theory
2. The upward and downward movement of aggregate output produced in the economy.
business cycle
indirect impact
Not constant
T-Bills
3. Relationship among yields of different maturities of hte same type of security.
Store of Value
Term Structure
When real rate is high
Fiat Money
4. Intermediate Yields are highest
Upward Slops
Ex Post
The Preferred Habitat Approach
Humped Yield Curves
5. The central bank
OTC
M1
Foreign Bonds
who determines our money supply
6. At lower prices (higher i) - ceteris paribus - the quantity demanded of bonds is higher- an inverse relationship ' ' the quantity supplied of bonds is lower- a positive relationship.
Supply and Demand for Bonds
interest rate
increasing money supply
Income effect
7. Long-Term Debt and Equity Instruments
Capital Markets
Repo
Forms of Commercial Papers
Bd = Bs
8. A debt security that promises to make payments periodically for a specified period of time.
Income effect
financial markets
business cycle
bond
9. Restrictions on Entry - Restrictions on Assets and Activities - Disclosure - Deposit Insurance - Limits on competition - and restriction on interest rates.
How do regulations ensure the soundness of Financial Intermediaries?
Fiat Money
Capital Markets
Repo
10. Held ten years or more. They pay semiannual dividends and return of principal at maturity.
Velocity
T-Bonds
Eurocurrency
Eurobond
11. Many lead to more employment and output
increasing money supply
inflation
When real rate is low
What will an increase in the money supply engineered by the Federal Reserve do to the supply curve for money?
12. Purchase financial assets which lowers interest rates which stimulates business investment and consumer spending
Real Interest Rate
Use present value calculations
OTC
indirect impact
13. Interest rate that equates today's value with present value of all future payments.
Yield to Maturity for simple loans
Kind of risk for a bond that's maturity equals the holding period
T-Bills
federal funds rate
14. One to Ten year maturities which fund long-term capital investments
Humped Yield Curves
Why returns are more volatile for Long-Term bonds
Coupon Bond
Intermediate-term Maturity (Capital Market)
15. Allowing consumers to time their purchases better.
recession
Store of Value
How Financial Markets directly improve the well-being of consumers
Medium of Exchange
16. Anything that is generally accepted in payment for goods or services or in the repayment of debts; a stock concept
Unit of Account
Money (money supply)
Bd > Bs
Why returns are more volatile for Long-Term bonds
17. Negotiable in secondary market and can also be resold in the secondary market. Minimum purchase of $100 -000 but the minimum in the secondary market is $2 -000 -000.
easily standardized - widely accepted - divisible and not deteriorate quickly
Certificate of Deposit
How Financial Markets promote economic efficiency
M1
18. 4 -13 -26 -52 week maturities. Sold at zero coupon rates
foreign exchange market
T-Bills
Corporate Bonds
Foreign Bonds
19. Allows transfer of funds from person or business without investment opportunities to one who has them - improves economic efficiency.
Risk
Bd < Bs
function of financial markets
T-Bills
20. Investors are concerned about the after tax return on bonds
Yield Curve
tax structure
banks and money supply
Certificate of Deposit
21. Promotes economic efficiency by minimizing the time spent in exchanging goods and services
function of financial markets
Medium of Exchange
Store of Value
Risk
22. Nominal interest rate is not adjusted for inflation.
Interest rate
Mortgage-Backed Securities
bond market (money markets)
M1
23. A dollar paid to you one year from now is less valueable than a dollar paid to you today
Present Discount Value
When real rate is low
Intermediate-term Maturity (Capital Market)
Money Market
24. Does not deal directly with the public and responsible for executing of the national monetary policy; implements policy by altering money supply and influencing bank behavior.
Long-run Movements
M1
central bank
Yield on a Discount Basis
25. Pays owner of bond a fixed payment - until maturity when it pays off face par value
central bank
Long-run Movements
Coupon Bond
Supply and Demand for Bonds
26. A higher level of income causes the demand for money at each interest rate to increase and the demand curve to shift to the right.
Kind of risk for a bond that's maturity equals the holding period
What will an increase in the money supply engineered by the Federal Reserve do to the supply curve for money?
federal funds rate
Income effect
27. Rare
Downward Slopes
Mortgage-Backed Securities
who determines our money supply
hyperinflation
28. The interest rate at which private depository institutions lend balances to other depository institutions usually over night
Term structure theory
Yield to Maturity for simple loans
federal funds rate
Capital Markets
29. Graphical relationship of the yield on bonds with differing terms to maturity but the same risk - liquidity and tax considerations.
Yield Curve
Eurocurrency Market
Humped Yield Curves
Upward
30. Higher default risk compared to municipal Bonds
Upward
Corporate Bond Default risk
Interest rate
Bd > Bs
31. Determines interest rates
How Financial Markets directly improve the well-being of consumers
recession
Not constant
bond market (money markets)
32. Less than one year and service current liquidity needs
Short-Term Maturity
Together
interest rate
Store of Value
33. Financial instruments whose return is based on the underlying returns on mortgage loans.
Long-Term Maturities (Bond Market)
Mortgage-Backed Securities
OTC
recession
34. 2 -5 -10 year maturities
Tnotes
Risk
Unit of Account
Mortgage-Backed Securities
35. How interest rates on bonds of different maturities move over time
central bank
Together
financial markets/institutions
direct impact
36. Bought at price below face value and face value repaid at maturity
Discount (zero coupon) Bond
Term Structure
Upward Slops
Ex Post
37. Short-Term Debt Instruments
Keynesian Model
Not constant
Money Market
T-Bonds
38. Lower transaction costs - reduce risk - asymmetric information.
T-Bonds
Bd > Bs
Simple Loan
Function of Financial Intermediaries
39. Periods of declining aggregate output - unemployment high - investment is low.
Together
Corporate Bond Default risk
Price vs Yields to Maturity
recession
40. What will investors expect for taking on higher default risk?
Higher Returns
Repo
Term structure theory
T-Bills
41. Lower the equilibrium price and interest rate.
Term Structure
Long-run Movements
Bd = Bs
inflation
42. Reduces adverse selection - moral hazard - and insider trading.
interest rate
Regulations increase information available to investors which does what?
Price vs Yields to Maturity
Repo
43. Held for one- ten years.
How do regulations ensure the soundness of Financial Intermediaries?
T-Notes
Eurobond
tax structure
44. A bank loan typically used by a company to finance storage or shipment of goods. This bank draft is like a check - and guarantees future payment. These securities are active in the Secondary Market
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45. Greater incentive to borrow and less to lend.
Kind of risk for a bond that's maturity equals the holding period
When real rate is low
Real Interest Rate
Unit of Account
46. Crucial role in creation of money
Simple Loan
Humped Yield Curves
banks and money supply
Together
47. Comparing payoffs at different points in time
unemployment rate
Upward
Use present value calculations
direct impact
48. For a commodity to function efficiently as money it must be...
Money (money supply)
easily standardized - widely accepted - divisible and not deteriorate quickly
Yield to Maturity for simple loans
tax structure
49. Bond denominated in a currency other than that of the country in which it is sold.
Eurobond
Real Interest Rate
central bank
Risk
50. Prices of Long-Term securities are more volatile possibly suffer Capital Loss if owner needs to sell security prior to maturity. Prefer to hold Short-term securities for liquidity. Suggests Long term rates will always be higher than short term.
Capital Markets
The Liquidity Premium Modification
Mortgage-Backed Securities
hyperinflation