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Functions of money
Macro Economics Final Review
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
12/15/2008

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Money Serves as a medium of exchange
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Money is useable in buying and selling goods and services
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Money is standard in measure of value
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Money is the unit in which the prices of goods and services are measured
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Money Serves as a measure of wealth or value
Definition
the more a person has the more they are worth
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Two ways to disave
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1) Borrow against past income
2) Save and use past credit
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when consumption function is greater than guideline,
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disaving occurs
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when consumption function is less than the guideline,
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savings occurs
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Changes along the amount consumed
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Movement along the consumption function due to a change in income
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Wealth
Definition
The net value of assets held (what you own minus the value of what you owe)
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Increase in wealth= ________ in consumption
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increase
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Decrease in wealth= ________ in consumption
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decrease
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Increase in price level= _______ in consumption
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decrease
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Decrease in price level = ________ in consumption
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increase
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Increase in price expectation= ________ in consumption
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increase
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Decrease in price expectation= ________ in consumption
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decrease
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Interest rates go up = consumption ...
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goes down
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Interest rates go down = consumption ...
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goes up
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