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M2: The medium-range monetary aggregate for the U.S. economy containing the combination of M1 (currency and checkable deposits) and short-term, small denomination near monies. M2 contains financial assets that either function directly as money for the U.S. economy or can be easily and quickly converted into money. The near monies added to M1 to derive M2 include savings deposits, certificates of deposit, money market deposits, and money market mutual funds. M2 is one of three monetary aggregates tracked and reported by the Federal Reserve System. The other two are designated M1 and M3.
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Lesson 1: Economic Basics | Unit 1: Economics
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- The basic definition of economics, which is the scientific study of scarcity and how society uses resources.
- That economics is also the study of how resources are used to produce goods and services that are used to satisfy consumers' wants and needs.
- The importance of scarcity, opportunity cost, and analysis to the study of economics.
- The three questions of allocation, What? How? For Whom?
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PHYSICAL WEALTH, AGGREGATE DEMAND DETERMINANT One of several specific aggregate demand determinants assumed constant when the aggregate demand curve is constructed, and that shifts the aggregate demand curve when it changes. An increase in the physical wealth causes a decrease (leftward shift) of the aggregate curve. A decrease in the physical wealth causes an increase (rightward shift) of the aggregate curve. Other notable aggregate demand determinants include interest rates, federal deficit, inflationary expectations, and the money supply.
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Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
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CIF
Cost, Insurance, Freight
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