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Functions of banks

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  1. Store money
  2. Save money
  3. Loans
  4. Safety Deposit Boxes
  5. Traveler’s checks and orders
  6. Credit cards
  7. Foreign Currency Exchange
  8. Investments and consulting
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Banks

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Financial institutions that accept demand deposits and make commercial loans

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Commercial Banks

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Focus more in business than individual banking

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Money

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Anything that serves as a medium o exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value.

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Medium of exchange

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Anything that is used to determine value during the exchange of goods and services

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Barter

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The direct exchange if one set of goods or services for another

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Unit of account

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A means of comparing the values of goods and services

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Store of value

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Something that keeps its value if it is stored rather than used

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Currency

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Coins and paper bills used as money

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Commodity money

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Objects that have value in themselves and that are also used as money

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Representative money

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Objects that have value because the holder can exchange them for something else of value

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Fiat money

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Money that has value because the government had ordered that it is an acceptable means to pay debts

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National bank

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A bank chartered or licensed by the national government

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Bank run

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Widespread panic in which great numbers of people try to redeem their paper money

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Greenback

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Paper currency issued during the Civil War

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Gold Standard

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A monetary system in which paper money and coins are equal to the value of a certain amount of gold

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Federal Reserve System

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The nation’s central banking system

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Central bank

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Bank that can lead to other banks in times of need

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Member bank

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Banks that belongs to the Federal Reserve System

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Federal Reserve notes

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The national currency we use today in the US

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Great Depression

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The severe economic decline that began in 1929 and lasted for more than a decade

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4 C’s of Credit

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Character
Capacity
Capital
Collateral

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Collateral

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What you do have to surrender to a loan if you default.

What are you going to give up when you default

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Capital

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Income plus savings and checking

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Capacity

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How make you make

How long have you current job