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NEED: This is often thought of as a physiological or biological requirement for maintaining life, such as the need for air, water, food, shelter, and sleep. Satisfaction is achieved by fulfilling needs. Physiological needs should be contrasted with psychological wants that make life more enjoyable but are not necessary to stay alive. However, when push comes to shove, and the nitty gets down to the gritty, it matters very little to markets if people need goods or want goods, so long as they are motivated to satisfy them. This motivation is what drives economic activity.

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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 3: The Fed Pyramid Page: 10 of 20

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Commercial banks form the base of the Federal Reserve pyramid.

Prior to the 1980's:

  • The Fed automatically included only national banks.
  • State and local banks could chose to become members of the Fed.
  • S&Ls, credit unions, and mutual savings banks didn't offer checking accounts and were not part of the system.

Legislation passed in the 1980's brought all checkable-deposit-issuing institutions into the Federal Reserve System.

  • The Federal Reserve pyramid rests on the non-bank public: households, businesses, and government agencies.

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AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT PURCHASES

Government purchases by the government sector that do not depend on income or production (especially national income or gross domestic product). That is, changes in income do not generate changes in government purchases. Autonomous government purchases are best thought of as government purchases that the government sector undertake independent of income. They are measured by the intercept term of the government purchases line. The alternative to autonomous government purchases is induced government purchases, which do depend on income.

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