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ZERO SLOPE: A horizontal line in which the numerical value of the slope, calculated as the change in the variable on the vertical axis divided by a change in the variable on the horizontal axis, is zero. In other words, the Y-axis variable is fixed, or constant, for any and all values of the X-axis variable.

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Lesson 19: Money Creation | Unit 1: A Little Magic Page: 4 of 23

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  • That money is currency and checkable deposits, that currency is issued by the federal government, and that checkable deposits, 60% of M1, is issued by commercial banks
  • That money is essential to our economy as a medium of exchange, that banks are perpetually balancing assets between profit-seeking loans and deposit-protecting reserves, and that banks are heavily regulated by the government.
  • That the mystical source of magic is fractional-reserve banking. And that banks can create money by merely adding it to our checking accounts.
  • Banks do part of the money 'printing' or creation function historically performed by governments.

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TOTAL FACTOR COST CURVE, PERFECT COMPETITION

A curve that graphically represents the relation between total factor cost incurred by a perfectly competitive firm when using a given factor of production to produce a good or service. The total factor cost curve is most important in factor market analysis for the derivation of the marginal factor cost curve.

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Three-forths of the gold mined each year is used to manufacture jewelry.
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