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
- 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 AssetStocks & BondFuture benefitWhat 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
