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1
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Name three functions of money

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A medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value,

2
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Expansionary Monetary Policies

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Increase money supply, shift MS right, decrease interest rates, increase investment, increase aggregate demand

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Contractionary Monetary Policies

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Decrease money supply, shift MS left, increase interest rates, decrease investment, decrease aggregate demand

4
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3 Shifters of Money Supply

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Reserve Requirement, Discount Rate, Open Market Operations

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Reserve Requirement

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the percentage of deposits a bank must hold all time (direct relation between Res. Requirement and Money Supply)

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Discount Rate

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The interest rate the central bank charges a commercial bank with (Inverse relation between disc. rate and money supply)

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Open market operations

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Selling and buying government bonds (buy bonds-increase MS, sell bonds decrease MS)

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Federal Funds Rate

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The federal funds rate is the interest rate banks charge on another