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RATE OF RETURN: The ratio of the additional annual income or profit generated by an investment to the cost of the investment. Here's a simple example, although the calculations are usually a great deal more involved for actual investments. If the cost of constructing a new factory is $10 million and it gives you an extra $1 million in profit each year, then its rate of return is 10 percent.

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Lesson 17: Money | Unit 3: Monetary Aggregates Page: 15 of 25

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L is the economy's total financial assets that can be converted to M1.
  • L stands for liquid assets.
  • Total L is over six trillion dollars.

We get to L by adding liquid assets to M3:

  • Commercial paper
  • U.S. Treasury Bills
  • Saving Bonds
  • Banker's acceptances
  • These big-time assets can be converted to M1 in short order, with little loss of value.
  • However, these assets aren't as easily converted to M1 as the near monies added to M2 and M3.

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DOUBLE COINCIDENCE OF WANTS

The requirements of a barter exchange that each trader has want the other wants and wants what the other has. Because everyone does not necessarily want everything, the lack of double coincidence of wants is a major obstacle in barter exchanges, especially for complex, modern economies like that fond in the United States. While double coincidence of wants is also essential for exchanges involving money, it is such an inherent trait of money that it is not a problem. By its very nature as a generally accepted medium of exchange, everyone WANTS money.

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