by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
What is the Banking System? Money, loans, and banks are all interconnected. Money is deposited in bank accounts, which is then loaned to businesses, individuals, and other banks. When the interlocking system of money, loans, and banks works well, economic transactions...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
What is a Merged Currency? An approach to exchange rate policy is for a nation to choose a common currency shared with one or more nations is also called a merged currency. A merged currency approach eliminates foreign exchange risk altogether. Just as no one worries...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
What is Deposit Insurance? To protect against bank runs, Congress has put two strategies into place: deposit insurance and the lender of last resort. Deposit insurance is an insurance system that makes sure depositors in a bank do not lose their money, even if the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
How do changes in the expected rate of return shift demand and supply for a currency?The motivation for investment, whether domestic or foreign, is to earn a return. If rates of return in a country look relatively high, then that country will tend to attract funds...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
Who Demands and Supplies Currency in a Foreign Exchange Market? In foreign exchange markets, demand and supply become closely interrelated, because a person or firm who demands one currency must at the same time supply another currency—and vice versa. To get a sense...
