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LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY: The principle stating that as more of a good is consumed, eventually each additional unit of the good provides less additional utility--that is, marginal utility decreases. Each subsequent unit of a good is valued less than the previous one. The law of diminishing marginal utility helps explain the negative slope of the demand curve and the law of demand.

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Lesson 19: Money Creation | Unit 5: Policy Page: 22 of 23

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A second method of controlling the money creation process is to control reserves directly.

Remember that:

  • The Federal Reserve maintains a system of deposits for commercial banks.
  • Banks keep deposits with the Federal Reserve to process checks.
A side effect:
  • The Federal Reserve can add to or subtract from these deposits, and change reserves.
Therefore:
  • If the Federal Reserve adds reserves, banks can create more money.
  • If the Federal Reserve reduces reserves, banks can create less money.

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EFFICIENT INFORMATION SEARCH

A comparison between the cost of acquiring information and the benefit generated by the information such that it is not possible to increase welfare or well being by acquiring any more of any less information. Efficient information search is achieved by equating the marginal cost of search with the benefit of search. This efficiency is comparable to the profit-maximizing decision by a producer and the utility-maximizing decision by a consumer.

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