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DSST Money Banking And Interest Rates

Subjects : dsst, banking
Instructions:
  • Answer 26 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A public authority responsible for monetary policy of a country or group of countries






2. Total value of all currency outside the central bank and commercial banks' net reserves with the central bank






3. Obligation by commercial banks to hold a small percentage of deposits in their vaults or as a deposit at the central bank






4. Graph of interest rates of different maturity (recalculated to yearly rates) at a particular point in time






5. Any commodity or token that is generally accepted as payment of goods and services






6. The policy directed at controlling money supply and the interest rates






7. Paper and coins that can be used as money outside of a commercial bank






8. Regular payments paid on a loan at regular intervals






9. Flow of currency units over a period of time






10. 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






11. Debt issued by the federal government or by a state or local government; how the government borrows money






12. The rate the central bank wants the overnight rate to be






13. A medium of exchange; a unit of account; store of value






14. Interest rate that shows the growth of your money not corrected for inflation






15. Percentage of the size of a loan per unit of time - typically per year






16. Rates for loans over a single night - the shortest of all interest rates






17. The date when the face amount of a loan becomes due






18. Small percentage of deposits commercial banks are required to hold either in their vaults or as a deposit at the central bank






19. Variable percentage paid on a loan - depending on market conditions






20. The total value of all the money in the country at a given point in time






21. Interest rate that shows the growth of what your money can buy






22. The price paid for the use of borrowed money






23. 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






24. Mechanism central bank uses that allows its target rate to affect inflation






25. Amount of money that a lender pays when a bond is issued






26. Constant percentage paid on a loan