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X: The standard abbreviation for exports produced by the foreign sector and purchased by the domestic economy, especially when used in the study of macroeconomics. This abbreviation is most often seen in the aggregate expenditure equation, AE = C + I + G + (X - M), where C, I, G, and (X - M) represent expenditures by the four macroeconomic sectors, household, business, government, and foreign. The United States, for example, sells a lot of the stuff produced within our boundaries to other countries, including wheat, beef, cars, furniture, and, well, almost every variety of product you care to name.

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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 2: What It Does Page: 4 of 20

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The Fed is responsible for ensuring that the economy has the proper amount of money in circulation.
  • In the old days, governments controlled the money supply by printing and minting money.
  • In modern times, with bank checkable deposits in the money supply, the Fed controls money by controlling banks.

Two reasons:

  • First: Too much money causes inflation and too little money leads to recession and unemployment. The challenge is to keep enough money in circulation.
  • Second: Money is absolutely essential in a modern complex economy. Faith in the value of fiat money is best provided by a centralized, national government that has the authority to ensure the value of money.

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SAVINGS DEPOSITS

Interest-paying bank accounts maintained by traditional commercial banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and mutual savings banks that are used by consumers to store wealth. Savings deposits are one of two types of time deposits. The other is certificates of deposit. Savings deposits, along with certificates of deposit and other near monies, are added to M1 to derive M2.

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Three-forths of the gold mined each year is used to manufacture jewelry.
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