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INFLATIONARY EXPECTATIONS, AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES DETERMINANT: One of several specific aggregate expenditures determinants assumed constant when the aggregate expenditures line is constructed, and that shifts the aggregate expenditures line when it changes. An increase in inflationary expectations causes an increase (upward shift) of the aggregate expenditures line. A decrease in inflationary expectations causes a decrease (downward shift) of the aggregate expenditures line. Other notable aggregate expenditures determinants include interest rates, federal deficit, consumer confidence, and exchange rates.

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Lesson 18: Banking | Unit 3: Reserve Banking Page: 17 of 24

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  • The concept of fractional-reserve banking, which implies that deposits are used for loans and that banks must keep reserves to back deposits.
  • The three types of reserves:
    • Legal reserves, which are vault cash and deposits with the Federal Reserve.
    • Required reserves, which are the vault cash and deposits with the Federal Reserve that regulators say a bank must keep for daily transactions.
    • Excess reserves, which are any legal reserves over and above required reserves.
  • That banking sort of evolved from the goldsmithing profession.
  • How Fred stumbled upon the depository function of modern banks.
  • How Fred discovered the lending function of modern banks.
  • How Fred discovered modern fractional-reserve banking.

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KEYNESIAN EQUILIBRIUM

The state of macroeconomic equilibrium identified by the Keynesian model when the opposing forces of aggregate expenditures equal aggregate production achieve a balance with no inherent tendency for change. Once achieved, a Keynesian equilibrium persists unless or until it is disrupted by an outside force, especially changes in autonomous expenditures.

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