ECON 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Balance Sheet, Credit Union, Excess Reserves
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Liquidity: the ease with which an asset can be converted to cash with little or no loss of purchasing power. Chartered banks are the primary depository institutions. Near monies are highly liquid nancial assets that do not directly function as a medium of exchange but can be readily converted into currency. E. g. currency or funds in non quenchable savings accounts. Term deposits become available to a depositor only at maturity. Deposits at trust and mortgage loan companies. Deposits at causes populaires, credit unions, and other non-bank deposit taking institutions. Canadian savings bonds and non-money market mutual funds. If the price level is 1. 0, then the value of the dollar is 1. If the price level rises to 1. 2, d falls to 0. 833. A 20% increase in the price level reduces the value of the dollar by 16. 67% A multi-branched, privately owned, chartered nancial intermediary that has received a charter by act of parliament.