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RENTAL INCOME OF PERSONS: The official item in the National Income and Product Accounts maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis measuring rent earned by the household sector for supplying land and related services. This is one of five official factor payments making up national income. The other four are compensation of employees, net interest, corporate profits, and proprietors' income. Rental income of persons is typically the smallest of the five factor payment categories, usually less than 5% of national income.
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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 4: Monetary Policy
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Open Market Operations
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Open market operations are the most important tool of monetary policy.- The Federal government budget deficit is financed by issuing or selling U.S. Treasury Securities, which are traded through the open market.
- Banks, corporations, government agencies, pension funds and regular people are the buyers and sellers in this 'open market' for Treasury Securities.
- Treasury Securities are low risk investments.
Two major players in the open market: - Commercial Banks: They use secure investments to ensure bank stability.
- Federal Reserve: They buy and sell treasury securities with the expressed goal of manipulating bank reserves and the money supply.
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FOUR ESTATES A division of society based on the economic functions of consumption, production, regulation, and information that includes governments as the first estate, businesses as the second estate, consumers as the third estate, and journalists as the fourth estate.
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The portrait on the quarter is a more accurate likeness of George Washington than that on the dollar bill.
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"Executives who get there and stay suggest solutions when they present the problems. " -- Malcolm Forbes, business executive
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Walrasian Equilibrium
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