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HEDONIC: Derived from the philosophy of hedonism (that happiness is the chief good in life), the notion that value is ultimately dependent on the satisfaction of wants and needs. The word hedonic is most often used together with the word price, as in hedonic price. This suggests the view that price is based on the satisfaction generated by consuming a good, regardless of the source of the satisfaction. This notion of hedonic is closely related to, and largely indistinguishable from, the more common concept of utility.

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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 4: Monetary Policy Page: 12 of 20

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The Federal Reserve controls banks as a means of controlling the money supply.

A more specific definition:

Monetary policy is controlling the money creation activity of the fractional-reserve banking system to control deposits and the money supply to affect business-cycle fluctuations.

Early tasks of the Fed:

  • To keep banks in business and to avoid serious reductions in bank reserves that would shrink financial wealth and money supply.

    What the Fed does now:

  • Manipulate the money supply by manipulating reserves.

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SILVER CERTIFICATES

Paper currency issued and authorized by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that is, in principle, backed up by, and exchangeable for, an equivalent value of silver. Silver certificates were in circulation as a medium of exchange for the U.S. economy during two periods, 1878 to 1923 and 1928 to 1957. A similar form of paper currency is gold certificates.

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