Thursday, April 7, 2016

Unit 4 03/09/16

Time Value of Money 

  • Is a dollar today worth more than a dollar tomorrow?
    • Yes
     
  • Why? 
    • Because of inflation & opportunity cost 
  • Let V = future value of money 
    • P = Present value of money 
    • r = real inflation rate (nominal rate - inflation rate)
    • N = years
    • K = number of times interest is credited per year.
  • The simple interest formula 
    • V = (1 + r)^n * P
  • The compound interest formula
    • V = (1 + r/k)^nk * P  
  • Demand have an inverse relationship between nominal interest rates and the quantity of money demanded.
    • When the interest rate increase, the money demand decrease.
    • When the interest rate decrease, the money demand increase.

The Demand for money

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  • Money demand shifter 
    • Change in price level
    • Change in income
    • Change Taxation that affect investment 

the money supply

  •  How does this affect AD
    • Money supply Increase - Interest rate decrease - Investment increase - AD increase 
    • Money supply decrease - Interest rate increase - Investment decrease - AD decrease  
    Financial Asset
    Stocks & Bond 
    Future benefit
    What you own

    • Stock - financial asset that convey ownership in company.
    • Bond - promise to pay a certain amount of money + interest in the future
     

    What Bank Do 

    • A bank is a financial intermediary
      • Uses liquid assets (i.e. bank deposit) to financial the investment of borrowers.
    • Process is known as Factional Reserve Banking.
      • A system in which depository institution hold liquid assets less than the amount of deposits

    Unit 4 03/04/16


    • Uses of money
      • Medium of exchange: is what people trade for goods and services.
      • Unit of account: It establish economic worth in the exchange process.
      • Store of value: Money hold is value over a period of time, where as product may not
    • Type of Money
      • Commodity Money: Involves the use of an actual good in place of money.
        • EX: Gold coin, Silver coins
    • Representative Money: its a paper money back by something tangible that give it value.
      • EX: I    O   U
    • Fiat Money: there money because the government sad so.
    • Characteristic of Money 
      • Durable 
      • Portable
      • Divisible
      • Uniform
      • Acceptable
    • M1 money supply: currency (coin & cash), check-able deposit (demand deposit), traveler check.
      • 75% money will come from M1
      • It the most liquid able (easy to break down)
    • M2 money supply: M1 money + saving account + deposit held by banks out side of the U.S.
      • Not really liquid able (easy to break down)
    • M3 money supply: M2 + certificate of deposit they held by private institution.
      • If you put your money out to early, you be penalize.

      Monday, April 4, 2016