SOLUTION MANUAL For Money, Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions, 2nd Edition by Brandl Michael, Verified Chapters 1 - 24, Complete Newest Version
SOLUTION MANUAL For Money, Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions, 2nd Edition by Brandl Michael, Verified Chapters 1 - 24, Complete Newest Version
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Chapter 2-24
CHAPTER 2: Money, Money Supply, and Interest
2-1 Section Review
1. What is the difference between money and currency? When are they the same? Why
might they be different?
ANS: Money is anything generally accepted in exchange for goods & services. Currency is
issued by a bank or the government, but currency is not necessarily money. They are the same
when they are accepted in exchange for goods and services. Currencies can stop being money if
people don’t accept them in exchange for goods and services. If a group of people stop using
currency to get goods and services but instead use bananas, then the bananas are the money.
2. How many prices must a barter economy have if the economy has four goods? What if it
has 400 goods? Explain why having a money in the second case is beneficial.
ANS: 4 goods = 6 prices; 400 goods = 79,800 prices. Money allows us to specialize and reduce
our search cost. Money allows us to reduce the number of stated prices we need.
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3. You read a news story about a country that is suffering from rapid, ongoing increases in
the cost of living. Which characteristic of money is being directly negatively impacted in that
economy?
a. Unit of account
b. Medium of exchange
c. Store of value
d. Double coincidence of wants ANS: C
2-2 Section Review
1. Bobby is confused. He states: “Since prisoners are not allowed to smoke in prisons any
longer,
Radford’s examples of cigarettes in POW camps no longer applies.” How would you explain to
Bobby how Radford’s story demonstrates the concepts of the criteria of money, as well as the
importance of changes in the money supply?
ANS: Any asset that is able to be standardized, divisible, durable and in demand could be
currency, as long as it is a medium of exchange, is a unit of account and has store of value.
Cigarettes were money.
2. Proponents of the Gold Standard, or using gold as money, often argue that it will keep
inflation under control. How does the experience of Europe in the sixteenth century raise doubts
about that claim?
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ANS: If people start to hoard gold or silver, there may not be enough money, and an economy
could slide into recession. If gold or silver increases too rapidly the economy could suffer
inflation.
3. Ricardo and Friedman agree that if the money supply increases “too quickly” the
following happens:
a. The rate of inflation decreases.
b. The rate of real economic growth increases.
c. The rate of inflation increases.
d. The level of employment decreases.
ANS: C
2-3 Section Review
1. A critic of money economics once stated, “if you cannot measure the money supply
accurately, it is not worth discussing at all.” How would you refute this statement?
ANS: Due to changes in financial markets, financial innovation and changes in the way banks
operate, led to the decline in the usefulness of M2 as a monetary aggregate.
2. Economists are searching for a “good” measurement of the money supply. What
constitutes a good measurement of the money supply?
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ANS: To economists, a “good” measurement of the money supply is one that conforms to
economic theories regarding inflation and the economy. For example, if the money supply
(according to a particular measurement) increases faster than the growth rate of the economy,
then economic theory suggests that inflation should occur. On the other hand, if the money
supply (according to a particular measurement) increases too slowly relative to the growth rate of
the economy, then economic theory suggests that this will result in a recession. When the
measurement of the money supply coincides with these economic predictions, then that
particular measurement has the potential to be a “good” measurement of the money supply.
During certain periods of time, both M1 and M2 have been
considered to be “good” measurements of the money supply. However, there have also been
periods of time where the changes in M1 or M2 did not coincide with economic theory.
3. Which of the following is the broadest or most inclusive measurement of the money
supply?
a. M1
b. M2
c. M3
d. M0
ANS: B
2-4 Section Review
1. Each person might have a different time preference. Explain why an older person might
have a higher or lower time preference than a young person.
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