ESSENTIALS OF ECONOMICS
ESSENTIALS OF ECONOMICS
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ISBN: 9781464188466
Author: KRUGMAN
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
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Required Reserve and Excess Reserve Analysis
A required reserve is an amount of cash that banks must keep with themselves, which is certain percentage of the deposits made by their customers. Required reserve is a percentage of the bank's deposits that the respective bank must have on each overnigh…
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Commodity Money: The value of a particular currency is related to the commodity of which that currency is made like gold coins, silver coins, or it can be said that the value of the currency is the same as the value of the commodity which the currency is made of.

Commodity-basket Money: The value of a particular currency is measured in terms of one particular commodity like the value of paper. Currency is measured in terms of gold.

Fiat Money: The value of a particular currency is related to the demand and supply of that currency it is not related to the material of which the currency is made up of. This money is treated as legal tender by the government.

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