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Ch 10:Money & Monetary System
Unit 4 - Foundations of Macroeconomics
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
01/22/2008

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Money
Definition
Any commodity or token that is generally accepted as a means of payment
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Means of Payment
Definition
A method of settling a debt
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What are the 3 vital functions of mone?
Definition
  1. Medium of exchange
  2. Unit of account
  3. Store of value
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Medium of Exchange
Definition
An object that is generally accepted in return for good sand services
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Barter
Definition
The direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services which requires a double coincidence of wants
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Unit of Account
Definition
An agreed-upon measure for stating the prices of goods and services
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Store of Value
Definition
Any commodity or token that can be held and exchanged later for goods and services
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Fiat money
Definition
Objects that are money because the law decrees or orders then to be money
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What are the objects that we use as money today?
Definition
  1. Currency
  2. Deposits at banks and other financial institutions
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Currency
Definition
Bank notes (dollar bills) and coins
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Electronic cheque or e-cheque
Definition
An electronic equivalent of a paper cheque
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Electronic cash or e-cash
Definition
An electronic equivalent of paper notes and coins
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M1
Definition
Currency outside the banks plus chequable deposits owned by the individuals and businesses at chartered banks
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M2+
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M1 plus personal savings deposits and nonpersonal notice deposits at banks plus dposits at credit unions, caisses populaires and other depository institutions
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Monetary System
Definition
The Bank of Canada and the banks and other institutions accept deposits and provide the services that enable people and businesses tto make and receive payment
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Chartered Bank
Definition
A private firm that is chartered by the federal government to receive deposits and make loans
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Reserves
Definition
The currency in a bank's vaults plus its deposits at the Bank of Canada
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Overnight Rate
Definition
The interest rate on overnight loans between baks and other large financial institutions
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Credit Union
Definition
A cooperative organization owned by a social or economic group such as a firm's employees that accepts deposits from and makes loans to its members
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Caisse Populaire
Definition
A financial institution that operates in Quebec and that is similar to a credit union
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Money market mutual fund
Definition
A fund managed by financial institution that seels shares to people and uses these funds to buy assets
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Trust and mortgage loan company
Definition
A privately owned depository institution that operates under the Trust and Loan Companies Act, 1992
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Liquid Asset
Definition
An asset that can be easily and with certainty, converted into money
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Bank of Canada
Definition
Central Bank of Canada
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Central Bank
Definition
A public authority that provided banking services to banks and regulates financial institutions and markets
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Monetary Policy
Definition
Adjusting the quantity of money in the economy
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Ultimate monetary policy objective
Definition
The final goal of monetary policy - an inflation rate inside the target range of 1-3% a year
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Daily monetary policy target
Definition
A target that the bank of Canada sets and achieves each dayin pursuit of its ultimate inflation target - a target overnight rate
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Large Value Transfer System
Definition
Canada's national electronic payments system for a very large transactions between the chartered banks, the bank of Canada and a few other big financial institutions
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Bank rate
Definition
The interest rate at which the Bank of Canda stands ready to lend reserves to chartered banks
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Banker's Deposit rate
Definition
The inerest rate that the Bank of Canada pays banks on their deposits at the Bank of Canada
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Open market operation
Definition
The purchase or sale of government of canada securities - Treasury bills, and bonds in the open market by the Bank of Canada
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Monetary base
Definition
The sum of chartered bank's deposits at the bank of Canada plus coins and the bank of Canada notes
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Define money and describe its functions
Definition
P.149
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Describe the monetary system and explain the functions of banks and other monetary institutions
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P.149
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Describe the functions of Bank of Canada
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P.149
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