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Posts tagged as “Money Supply”

Invisible TAXes

Invisible TAXes are financial burdens imposed by governments that are not explicitly stated on a price tag or a paycheck. Unlike sales tax, which is calculated at the register, these costs are baked into the price of goods or the structure of the economy, making them difficult for the average person to detect.

Calculating The Reserve Ratio

The reserve ratio is a key concept in fractional reserve banking and central bank policy, representing the proportion of a bank's deposits that it must hold in reserve, either in its vault or on deposit with the central bank.

How to Have Rational Expectations?

In economics, "having rational expectations" means that individuals and businesses use all available information, including their past experiences and knowledge of how the economy works, to make informed and unbiased predictions about the future.

Bank Runs Are Contagious

This creates a problem because banks operate on a fractional reserve system, meaning they don't keep all of their deposits in cash on hand. Instead, they lend out a majority of that money to borrowers or invest it in other assets.

The Gold Standard vs. Fiat Money

The Gold Standard was a monetary system in which a country’s currency was directly tied to gold. Under this system, the value of money was defined in terms of a specific quantity of gold, and governments agreed to exchange currency for gold at a fixed rate.

Which Catalysts Move Markets?

Financial markets are constantly moving, and these movements are driven by a variety of "catalysts" – events or pieces of information that cause investors to re-evaluate the prospects of assets.

Deflation

Deflation is the trend of decreasing prices of the products in the economy. Deflation changes the value of money – it increases it.

4 Causes of Inflation

What are major causes of inflation to occur in a country? Let’s take a look in details at these four causes of inflation in the economy.