Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Unit 4

3/9/16
Time Value of Money
        I.            Is a dollar today worth more than a dollar tomorrow? Yes
      II.            Why? Opportunity Cost and inflation. This is the reason for charging and paying interest
Let v= future value of $
      p= present value of $
                     r= real interest rate (nominal rate minus inflation rate) (express as decimal)          
                     n= years
                     k= number of times interest is credited per year


  • Simple interest rate~ v=(1+r)^n * p
  • Compound interest rate~ v=(1+ r/k)^nk *p


Demand for money has an inverse relationship between the nominal interest rate the quantity of money demanded
        I.            What happens to the quantity of money of moneyed when the interest increases? Quantity demanded falls
      II.            What happens to the quantity demand when interest rates decrease? Quantity demanded increases.
Demand Always Downward
Money Demand Shifters
I.                    Changes in the price level
II.                  Changes in income
III.               Changes in taxation that affects investment

Increase money supply, decreases interest rates, investment increases, AD increases and shifts right
Decreasing money supply, increases interest rates, investment decreases, AD decreases and shift left

·         Financial Sector
-Financial assets are what you own
-Financial Liabilities is what you owe

·          Interest Rate
-the cost of borrowing money

·          Stocks
-simply conveying ownership in a company

·          Bonds
-loaning money to the government
Bonds are safe; stocks are not.
What Banks Do
A bank is a financial intermediary
                                 *           Uses liquid assets (i.e. bank deposits) to finance the investment of borrowers
                               **           Process is known as Fractional Reserve Banking, a system in which deposits institution hold liquid assets less than the amount of deposits
                             ***            Can take the form
A.)       Currency in bank vaults
B.)     Bank reserve deposits held at the Federal reserve

  • T- Account (balance sheet)
  • Assets- Items to which a bank hold legal claim
  • Uses of funds by financial intermediates liabilities (amount owned)



  • Legal claims against sources of fund financial intermediaries 

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