Mr. Smith's Class

Vocabulary Terms

Financial Sector

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Terms

Bank
Bank deposit
Bank reserves
Bank run
Budget balance
Budget deficit
Budget surplus
Capital inflow
Central bank
Checkable bank deposits
Commercial bank
Commodity money
Commodity-backed money
Crowding out
Currency in circulation
Deposit insurance
Discount rate
Discount window
Diversification
Excess reserves
Federal funds market
Federal funds rate
Fiat money
Financial asset
Financial intermediary
Financial risk
Fisher effect
Future value
Illiquid
Interest rate
Investment bank
Liability
Life insurance company
Liquid
Liquidity preference model of the interest rate
Loan
Loan default
Loanable funds market
Loan-backed securities
Long-term interest rates
Medium of exchange
Monetary aggregate
Monetary base
Money
Money demand curve
Money multiplier
Money supply
Money supply curve
Mutual fund
National savings
Near-moneys
Net present value
Open-market operation
Pension fund
Physical asset
Present value
Rate of return
Required reserve ratio
Reserve ratio
Reserve requirements
Savings and loan (thrift)
Savings-investment spending identity
Short-term interest rates
Store of value
T-account
Transaction costs
Unit of account
Wealth