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| the market for money in which the amount supplied and the amount demanded meet to determine the nominal interest rate |
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| transaction demand for money |
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| the demand for money based on the desire to facilitate transactions |
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| principle of opportunity cost |
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| the opportunity cost of something is what you sacrifice to get it |
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| what matters to people is the real value of money or income- its purchasing power- not the face value of money or income |
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| not easily transferable to money |
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| liquidity demand for money |
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| the demand for money that represents the needs and desires individuals and firms have to make transactions on short notice without incurring excessive costs |
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| speculative demand for money |
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| the demand for money that arises because holding money over short periods is less risky than holding stocks or bonds |
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| the purchase or sale of U.S. government securities by the Fed |
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| the Fed's purchase of government bonds from the private sector |
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| the Fed's sale of government bonds to the private sector |
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| the interest rate at which banks can borrow from the Fed |
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| the market in which banks borrow and lend reserves to and from one another |
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| the interest rate on reserves that banks lend each other |
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| the rate at which currencies trade for one another in the market |
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| depreciation of a currency |
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| a decrease in the value of a currency |
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| appreciation of a currency |
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| an increase in the value of a currency |
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