Money!
Banking and the Money Supply
Monetary Policies
Market For Loanable Funds
Mystery
100
The United States Dollar is an example of which type of money?
What is a fiat currency?
100

The money multiplier formula aka the monetary multiplier.

What is 1/rr?

100

The vertical money supply curve MS is controlled by what government body?

What is the Federal Reserve?

100

The difference between nominal and real interest rates is..

What is inflation?

100

If interest rates decrease what will happen to the price of previously issued bonds?

What is prices will increase for previously issued bonds. 

200

Give me two examples that may increase or decrease the demand for money.

Answers vary.

200

If the legal reserve requirement is 25 percent, the value of the money multiplier is…

What is 4?

200
FOMC stands for...
What is the Federal Open Market Committee. They decide Open Market Operations.
200

Loaners are ____________ and borrowers are ____________ in the market for loanable funds.

What are suppliers... demanders of loanable funds.

200

What is the most commonly used monetary policy tool by the federal reserve?

Interest on Reserves

300

Dave puts $50 under his mattress. What is this an example of?

Storage of Value 

300

Where do banks keep their excess reserves? two possible answers.

What is in their vaults and the Federal Reserve?

300

Give two examples of expansionary monetary policies for both limited and ample reserves.

Answers vary.

300

When the government runs a budget deficit and must borrow money to meet its spending needs, the equilibrium interest rate soars. This then causes a market phenomenon called?

What is the crowding out effect?

300

Real GDP is decreasing.  How does this effect the demand for money?

What is demand for money will fall.

400
When a financial transaction or trade is made using a currency. That currency is acting as a...
What is a medium of exchange?
400
Banks panics and runs were virtually eliminated by the introduction of this government entity.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
400

The Federal Reserve uses an ample reserves system.  If we are experiencing high unemployment what can the Fed do to increase aggregate demand? 

What is lower administrated rates such as lowering the discount rate or interest on reserves.

400

An increase in savings will have what impact on real interest rates?

What is decrease real interest rates?

400

Jane deposits $10,000 into her demand deposit account at the bank.  What happens to the M1 money supply?

What is the money supply will not change, only the form of money changes. 

500

What composes M2 currency?

What is M2 includes M1, certificate of deposits, money market mutual funds and other time deposits.

500

Suppose a country with a limited reserves system buys $200,000 worth of securities on the open market. If the reserve requirement is 10 percent and the banks hold no excess reserves, what will happen to the total money supply?

What is 2 million dollars? #Dr. Evil

500

To fight inflation, what contractionary monetary policy can be implemented in a limited and ample reserves system?

What is: Limited Reserve System:

1. Sell bonds (OMO)

2. Raise Reserve Requirement

3. Raise Discount Rate

Ample Reserve:

Increase Administered Rates

1. Increase discount rate

2. Interest on Reserves 

500

How do increases in foreign capital inflows impact the supply of loanable funds?

What is they increase the supply of loanable funds?

500

Draw the following graphs:

1. AD-AS

2. Money Market

3. Loanable Funds

4. Reserves Market 

Answers will vary. 

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