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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 2: What It Does Page: 6 of 20

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  • That the Fed is the entity responsible for ensuring that the economy has the proper amount of money.
  • The two reasons for controlling the money supply: (a) to avoid inflation and recession and (b) to ensure the value of money.
  • That when the United States did not have a central bank, the economy experienced periods of turmoil.
  • That the Federal Reserve System, established 1913, although not perfect, has helped stabilize the economy.

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SLOPE, AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES LINE

The positive slope of the aggregate expenditures line is the sum of the marginal propensity to consume (MPC), marginal propensity to invest (MPI), and marginal propensity for government purchases (MPG), less the marginal propensity to import (MPM). This slope is greater than zero but less than one, reflecting induced expenditures by the four macroeconomic sectors (household, business, government, and foreign). The slope of the aggregate expenditures line determines the magnitude of the multiplier process.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time strolling around a discount warehouse buying club seeking to buy either storage boxes for your income tax returns or an AC adapter for your CD player. Be on the lookout for empty parking spaces that appear to be near the entrance to a store.
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A thousand years before metal coins were developed, clay tablet "checks" were used as money by the Babylonians.
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