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DSST Money Banking And Interest Rates
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Answer 26 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Mechanism central bank uses that allows its target rate to affect inflation
Central bank
Transmission mechanism
Reserve requirements
Reserves
2. Total value of all currency outside the central bank and commercial banks' net reserves with the central bank
Monetary base
Interest
Government bonds
Reserves
3. The date when the face amount of a loan becomes due
Wealth
Issue price
Yield curve
Maturity date
4. Interest rate that shows the growth of what your money can buy
Real interest
Government bonds
Interest rate
Currency
5. The total value of all the money in the country at a given point in time
Fixed interest rate
Maturity date
Money supply
Coupon payments
6. Percentage of the size of a loan per unit of time - typically per year
Interest rate
Multiplier effect
Monetary base
Transmission mechanism
7. Regular payments paid on a loan at regular intervals
Currency
Coupon payments
Overnight interest rates
Yield curve
8. A public authority responsible for monetary policy of a country or group of countries
Central bank
Interest rate
Real interest
Wealth
9. Financial resources such as stocks - bonds - real estate and other property that have value but need to be converted into money to be used for that value
Interest
Federal funds rate
Money
Wealth
10. Any commodity or token that is generally accepted as payment of goods and services
Central bank
Multiplier effect
Reserve requirements
Money
11. Paper and coins that can be used as money outside of a commercial bank
Three economic functions of money
Currency
Government bonds
Fixed interest rate
12. Interest rate that shows the growth of your money not corrected for inflation
Currency
Nominal interest rate
Monetary policy
Fixed interest rate
13. Graph of interest rates of different maturity (recalculated to yearly rates) at a particular point in time
Yield curve
Currency
Income
Wealth
14. Debt issued by the federal government or by a state or local government; how the government borrows money
Federal funds rate
Government bonds
Income
Issue price
15. Small percentage of deposits commercial banks are required to hold either in their vaults or as a deposit at the central bank
Money
Government bonds
Reserves
Transmission mechanism
16. The rate the central bank wants the overnight rate to be
Issue price
Federal funds rate
Three economic functions of money
Overnight interest rates
17. Obligation by commercial banks to hold a small percentage of deposits in their vaults or as a deposit at the central bank
Issue price
Monetary policy
Reserve requirements
Central bank
18. Constant percentage paid on a loan
Nominal interest rate
Income
Fixed interest rate
Federal funds rate
19. Amount of money that a lender pays when a bond is issued
Issue price
Government bonds
Wealth
Income
20. Variable percentage paid on a loan - depending on market conditions
Floating interest rate
Transmission mechanism
Money
Overnight interest rates
21. A medium of exchange; a unit of account; store of value
Interest
Nominal interest rate
Reserves
Three economic functions of money
22. A ripple effect in which a change in spending by one person or business leads to additional changes in spending by another person or business
Currency
Overnight interest rates
Multiplier effect
Central bank
23. The policy directed at controlling money supply and the interest rates
Monetary policy
Money
Federal funds rate
Government bonds
24. Flow of currency units over a period of time
Reserve requirements
Income
Real interest
Interest
25. Rates for loans over a single night - the shortest of all interest rates
Real interest
Reserves
Overnight interest rates
Income
26. The price paid for the use of borrowed money
Wealth
Overnight interest rates
Interest
Floating interest rate