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ACCUMULATION: The process of acquiring an item and adding that item to others previously acquired. In an economic context this most often refers to the accumulation of capital, as in the phrase "capital accumulation." However, it is also used in the context of consumer durable goods, financial assets, money, wealth, and a host of other "stock" variables. When applied to capital, the process of accumulation occurs through investment.
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Lesson 19: Money Creation | Unit 3: Modern Banking
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Suppose you find a $100 bill that you deposit in Amos National Bank.- Amos National adds $100 of vault cash, or reserves, to its assets, and $100 to its liabilities, your account.
- Some of these reserves are required ($10) and some are excess ($90), which can be used for a loan.
- Amos National Bank adds $90 to the customer's checking account, so the customer can buy new tires.
Two changes:- Amos National has a $90 loan balanced by a $90 checkable deposit.
- Amos National Bank just created $90 of money.
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LONG-RUN TREND The pattern of potential real gross domestic product of an economy based on full employment of available resources. The long-run trend is commonly represented as a positively-sloped line in a diagram depicting business-cycle phases. This slope captures the economy's expansion in its production possibilities resulting from increases in the quantity and quality of resources.
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BLACK DISMALAPOD
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a dollar discount store seeking to buy either a box of multi-colored, plastic paper clips or several orange mixing bowls. Be on the lookout for broken fingernail clippers.
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The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
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"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work." -- Peter Drucker, management consultant
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Weighted Least Squares
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