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NORMAL GOOD: A good for which an increase in income causes an increase in demand, or a rightward shift in the demand curve. If demand increases as income increases, it is a normal good or a good with a positive income elasticity of demand. A normal good is one of two alternatives falling within the income determinant of demand. The other is an inferior good.

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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 4: Monetary Policy Page: 15 of 20

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The discount rate is the interest rate the Fed charges for reserve loans to commercial banks.
  • The Federal Funds rate is for loans between commercial banks.
  • The discount rate is for loans from the Fed to commercial banks.
  • Banks borrow from the Fed when the need reserves to stay in business. The price they pay is the discount rate.

Why don't troubled banks use the Federal Funds Market?

  • Other banks are probably reluctant to extend a loan.
  • The entire banking system might be short of reserves.
  • The discount rate is typically lower than the federal funds rate.

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PRICE LEVEL

The average of the prices of goods and services produced in the aggregate economy. In a theoretical sense, the price level is the price of aggregate production. In a practical sense, the price level is commonly measured by either of two price indexes, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the GDP price deflator. The CPI is the price index widely publicized in the media and used by the general public. The GDP price deflator, in contrast, is less well-known, but is usually the price index of choice among economists. The inflation rate is calculated as the percentage change in the price level.

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