Banking and Liquidity
The Fed
Functions of Money
Characteristics of Money
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100

Can you exchange money for gold?

no

100

What does the federal reserve do?

Provides a more stable monetary system.

100

What means exchanging money for a good

Purchasing

100

Easily divided into smaller units.

Divisibility 

100

What is Mr.T's Real name

Laurence Tureaud

200

What was the gold standard?

exchanging money for gold.

200

What is the life expectancy of a $1 bill?

22 months

200

What is money considered

A medium of exchange 

200

Easy to keep on hand

Portability

200

How many fingers do the Simpsons have?

4

300

What is liquidity? 

Available liquid assets.

300

Who is the chairman of the federal reserve?

Ben Bernanke 

300

The most liquid asset

Money

300

The same in shape and size

Uniformity

300

what was the first bird to be domesticated?

The Gual

400

What are banks?

Financial institutions

400

Who many federal reserve banks are there?

12

400

Money is good for measuring... 

the worth of a good/service

400

Only available in a finite amount

Limited resource

400

Do ants have blood?

Yes

500

Are banks required to have insurance?

no

500

Which state has 2 federal reserve banks?

Missouri 

500

Is money's value retained over time

yes

500

Universally accepted

Acceptability 

500

Who was the first president of all 50 states?

Dwight D. Eisenhower