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ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY: Obtaining the most consumer satisfaction from available resources. Allocative efficiency means that our economy is doing the best job possible of satisfying unlimited wants and needs with limited resources -- that is, of addressing the problem of scarcity.
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Lesson 7: Market Equilibrium | Unit 1: The Exchange
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- The concept of markets as voluntary trades among buyers and sellers that is used to address the scarcity problem.
- Four key points about markets:
- They combine demand and supply.
- They trade goods, services, and resources.
- They are voluntary.
- They are analyzed over a give time period.
- Examples of different markets, ranging from a formal, organized stock market to a less formal, less organized rummage sale.
- The nature of market equilibrium as a balance of the forces of demand and supply.
- How market equilibrium is indicated by the equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price.
- The importance of competition to the efficient operation of markets and how the number of participants determines competition among buyers and sellers.
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FRACTIONAL-RESERVE BANKING A method of banking activity in which banks keep less than 100 percent of their deposits in the form of bank reserves and use the rest for interest-paying loans. Fractional-reserve banking makes it possible for banks to function as profit-seeking financial intermediaries (matching up lenders and borrowers) while ensuring the safety and liquidity of deposits, especially checkable deposits that are part of the economy's money supply.
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The earliest known use of paper currency was about 1270 in China during the rule of Kubla Khan.
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"For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom." -- Cao Yu, Playwright
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ASX
Australian Stock Exchange
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