Money and Financial System
Money and Financial System
MONEY AND
FINANSIAL SYSTEM
outline
The Meaning of Money and its functions
The Money Supply and the demand for
money
The Financial system
Financial intermediaries and the money
supply
Financial markets and the market for
loanable funds
THE MEANING OF MONEY
Money is the set of assets in an economy
that people regularly use to buy goods and
services from other people.
Money is anything that serves as a
commonly accepted medium of exchange
According to the economist’s definition,
money include only few types of wealth
that regularly accepted by seller in
exchange for goods and services
The Functions of Money
1. Medium of exchange is an item that
buyers give to sellers when they want
to purchase goods and services.
2. Unit of account is the yardstick people
use to post prices and record debts.
3. Store of value is an item that people
can use to transfer purchasing power
from the present to the future.
Types of Money
Commodity money takes the form of a
commodity with intrinsic value.
Examples: Gold, silver, cigarettes.
Fiat money is used as money because
of government decree.
It does not have intrinsic value.
Examples: Coins, currency, check deposits.
THE MONEY SUPPLY
The quantity of money available in the
economy called money supply
Two measure of the money supply
M1, that is the sum of coins and paper
currency in circulation outside the banks
plus checkable deposits.
M2 includes assets such as savings
accounts in addition to coins, paper
currency and checkable deposits
THE DEMAND FOR MONEY
Money’s Functions (recall)
a medium of exchange
the unit of account
a store of value
The opportunity cost of holding money is the
sacrifice in interest that we must incur by
holding money rather than a riskier; less
liquid asset or investment.
The sources of money demand
Transactions demand for money
Asset Demand
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THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
The financial system consists of the group of
institutions in the economy that help to match one
person’s saving with another person’s investment.
Financial institutions can be grouped into :
Financial intermediaries are financial institutions
through which savers can indirectly provide
funds to borrowers (banks and other financial
institutions)
Financial markets are the institutions through
which savers can directly provide funds to
borrowers (stock market, bond market)
FINANCIAL
INTERMEDIARIES AND THE
MONEY SUPPLY
• Financial intermediaries accept checking
deposits from households and firms, and
then lend these funds out to other
households and business for a variety of
purposes.
• Bank money and many other financial
services are today provided by financial
intermediaries (commercial banks and
other financial institutions)
BANKS AND THE MONEY SUPPLY
Loans Loans
$900.00 $810.00
Reserve Requirements
The central bank also influences the
money supply with reserve
requirements.
Reserve requirements are regulations
on the minimum amount of reserves
that banks must hold against deposits.
MONETARY POLICY
Interest Supply
rate
5%
Demand
S=I
S=Y–C–G
S = (Y – T – C) + (T – G)
Where: Y – T – C is called private saving and
T – G is called public saving
A decrease in tax on interest income
Interest Supply, S1
rate S2
1. An investment
6% tax credit
increases the
5% demand for
loanable funds . . .
2. . . . which
raises the
equilibrium
interest rate . . . D2
Demand, D1
$1,200 $1,400 Loanable funds
(in billions of dollars)
1. A budget deficit
6% decreases the
supply of loanable
5% funds . . .
2. . . . which
raises the Demand
equilibrium
interest rate . . .