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Chapter 1

Why Study
Money, Banking,
and Financial
Markets?
Why Study Money, Banking, and
Financial Markets
• To examine how financial markets
such as bond, stock and foreign
exchange markets work
• To examine how financial institutions
such as banks and insurance
companies work
• To examine the role of money in
the economy

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Financial Markets

• Markets in which funds are transferred


from people who have an excess of
available funds to people who have a
shortage of funds

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The Bond Market and Interest Rates

• A security (financial instrument) is a


claim on the issuer’s future income
or assets
• A bond is a debt security that promises
to make payments periodically for a
specified period of time
• An interest rate is the cost of borrowing
or the price paid for the rental of funds

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The Stock Market

• Common stock represents a share of


ownership in a corporation
• A share of stock is a claim on the
earnings and assets of the corporation

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The Foreign Exchange Market

• The foreign exchange market is where


funds are converted from one currency
into another
• The foreign exchange rate is the
price of one currency in terms of
another currency
• The foreign exchange market
determines the foreign exchange rate

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Banking and Financial Institutions

• Financial Intermediaries—institutions that


borrow funds from people who have saved
and make loans to other people
• Banks—institutions that accept deposits and
make loans
• Other Financial Institutions—insurance
companies, finance companies, pension
funds, mutual funds and investment banks
• Financial Innovation—in particular, the advent
of the information age and e-finance
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Money and Business Cycles

• Evidence suggests that money


plays an important role in generating
business cycles
• Recessions (unemployment) and booms
(inflation) affect all of us
• Monetary Theory ties changes in the
money supply to changes in aggregate
economic activity and the price level

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Money and Inflation

• The aggregate price level is the


average price of goods and services in
an economy
• A continual rise in the price level
(inflation) affects all economic players
• Data shows a connection between the
money supply and the price level

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Money and Interest Rates

• Interest rates are the price of money


• Prior to 1980, the rate of money growth
and the interest rate on long-term
Treasure bonds were closely tied
• Since then, the relationship is less clear
but still an important determinant of
interest rates

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Monetary and Fiscal Policy

• Monetary policy is the management of the


money supply and interest rates
 Conducted in the U.S. by the Federal Reserve
Bank (Fed)
• Fiscal policy is government spending
and taxation
 Budget deficit is the excess of expenditures over
revenues for a particular year
 Budget surplus is the excess of revenues over
expenditures for a particular year
 Any deficit must be financed by borrowing
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How We Will Study Money, Banking,
and Financial Markets
• A simplified approach to the demand
for assets
• The concept of equilibrium
• Basic supply and demand to explain behavior
in financial markets
• The search for profits
• An approach to financial structure based on
transaction costs and asymmetric information
• Aggregate supply and demand analysis

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