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IMMIGRATION: Migration that enters one country from another country. Immigration is usually seen as a problem for existing citizens of nation because--(1) the supply of labor increases, which tends to lower wages, (2) there's a greater demand for public services, which causes taxes to rise, and (3) the culture of immigrants is usually different, which creates all sorts of social conflicts. However, immigration can also be beneficial because--(1) the additional labor is a source of economic growth, (2) the immigrants might be willing to do some jobs that wouldn't be performed otherwise, and (3) some goods can produced at lower cost. Compare emigration.
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Lesson 18: Banking | Unit 3: Reserve Banking
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Legal, Required, and Excess Reserves
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1. Legal reserves: - Vault cash and deposits with the Federal Reserve that can be used to satisfy the legal reserve requirements and are needed for daily operations.
2. Required reserves: - The vault cash and deposits with the Federal Reserve that they have to keep to back deposits.
3. Excess reserves: - Any reserves over and above required reserves.
- Excess reserves don't add to revenue and profit.
Two uses of excess reserves: - First: banks use them for loans.
- Second: banks use them for investment securities.
Important point: - Controlling excess reserves is key to controlling the nation's money supply.
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MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO IMPORT The change in imports purchased from the foreign induced by a change in income or production (national income or gross domestic product). The marginal propensity to import (abbreviated MPM) is another term for the slope of the imports line and is calculated as the change in imports divided by the change in income or production. The MPM plays a role in Keynesian economics. It augments the slope of the aggregate expenditures line and is part to the multiplier process. A related marginal measure is the marginal propensity to consume.
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