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Ch. 10 & 11
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38
Economics
12th Grade
03/20/2013

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Term
principal
Definition
Original Amount borrowed
Term
Interest
Definition
Amount charged for borrowing
Term
Mortgage
Definition
Loan for a house
Term
Credit Card
Definition
Using money that's not there
Term
Credit Score
Definition
Your record (are you trusted or not?)
Term
Bankruptcy
Definition
Term
Savings Account
Definition
require small deposits through band, insured, low risk
Term
U.S. Savings Bond
Definition
"Time Deposit", through banks, insured, low risk
Term
Certificate of Deposit
Definition
i. Time deposit
ii. Through banks, insured
iii. Low risk = Low rate of return
iv. Usually have a minimum to start
 Buy another CD once you get the first one cashed with the first money
Term
Stock
Definition
i. Shares of ownership
ii. Make $ through dividends or selling
Term
Prospectus
Definition
Term
Capital Gain
Definition
selling stock for more than you paid
Term
Capital Loss
Definition
selling stock for less than you paid
Term
Income Stock
Definition
Pay dividends
Term
Growth Stock
Definition
reinvests into more stock
Term
Stock Split
Definition
a. Each single share splits into more than one share
b. Happens when stock prices are too high
c. Prices generally rise later
Term
Bond
Definition
• A “loan” to a company or government
• Purchaser receives annual interest payment collects principal at maturity date
• Seen as less risky than stocks because bondholders are paid before stockholders
Term
Mutual Fund
Definition
• Money is spread over a variety of investments
• Allows individuals with little money to own a variety
• Lessens risk, different types if others fail
• Not insured
Term
Diversification
Definition
Spreading investments out
Term
Barter
Definition
Trade of goods
Term
Money
Definition
Something worth and used to pay
Term
Medium of Exchange
Definition
means through which goods and services can be exchanged
Term
Store of Value
Definition
holds value over time
Term
Unit of account
Definition
Term
Physical properties of Money
Definition
• Durability – Needs to be sturdy & long-lasting
• Portability – Needs to be small, light, and easy to carry.
• Divisibility – Needs to have endless ways to be divided.
• Uniformity – Needs to be uniform and recognizable, with unique characteristics.
Term
Economic Properties of Money
Definition
• Stability of Value – Money purchasing power, or value, should be relatively stable
• Scarcity – Money must be scarce to have and value
• Acceptability – People must except that money is a valid medium of exchange
Term
Commodity Money
Definition
• Has value based on what it is made of
Term
Representative Money
Definition
• Money that can be exchanged for something else of value
Term
Fiat Money
Definition
• Has value only because the government has issued a Fiat, or order, saying this.
Term
Currency
Definition
, demand deposits, and other checkable deposits
Term
Demand Deposits
Definition
– funds that can be converted into currency “on demand”
Term
Near Money
Definition
Term
ATM
Definition
• Automated Teller
Machines
• Electronic devices that allow bank customers
to make deposits, withdrawals, and transfers and
check their account balances at any time without
seeing a bank officer
Term
Debit Card
Definition
• Cards that can be used like an ATM
card to withdraw cash or like a check to make
purchases
Term
Electronic banking
Definition
• Being able to perform any transaction without going to the bank
• Used through the internet mainly for convenience
• Challenges:
o Information security
o Identity theft
o Bank has much info on customers
Term
Fed
Definition
Federal Reserve System (Fed)
• Nation’s Central bank
• Divides the U.S. into twelve districts
• Factional reserve banking
Term
Fractional Reserve Banking
Definition
• A system of banking that requires banks to hold a fraction of a deposit; the bank may loan out the rest.
• The fraction that must be held is called the Required Reserve Ratio (RRR)
Term
Reserve Requirement
Definition
• The fraction that must be held
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