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