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GOLDSMITH MONEY CREATION: An illustration of the basic money creation process undertaken by banks using the hypothetical activities of a hypothetical goldsmith. The goldsmith profession of Medieval Europe provides insight into the modern banking business, including the seemingly magical ability of banks to create valuable money out of inputs with significantly less value.

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Lesson 7: Market | Unit 1: The Exchange Page: 2 of 22

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Equilibrium is the balance of opposing forces that remains unchanged until another force intervenes.

For example:

If two people are pushing in opposite ways on a swinging door with equal strength, then neither will be able to go through. Each pusher represents an opposing force.

For a market, the opposing forces are:

  • Demand. Buyers want to pay a lower price.
  • Supply. Sellers want to receive a higher price.
Market equilibrium is indicated by equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price.
  • Equilibrium quantity is the quantity of a good traded among buyers and sellers when a market is in equilibrium.
  • Equilibrium price is the price agreed to by buyers and sellers when a market is in equilibrium.
  • Buyers and sellers will continue to trade the equilibrium quantity at the equilibrium price indefinitely.
  • But, the equilibrium quantity and price can be disrupted by ceteris paribus determinants of demand and supply. Analyzing these disruptions help us understand economic events.

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EXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICY

A form of fiscal policy in which an increase in government purchases, a decrease in taxes, and/or an increase in transfer payments are used to correct the problems of a business-cycle contraction. The goal of expansionary fiscal policy is to close a recessionary gap, stimulate the economy, and decrease the unemployment rate. Expansionary fiscal policy is often supported by expansionary monetary policy. An alternative is contractionary fiscal policy.

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Paper money used by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts prior to the U.S. Revolutionary War, which was issued against the dictates of Britain, was designed by patriot and silversmith, Paul Revere.
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