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Chapter24 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coin | Metallic form of money such as pennies, nickels, and dimes |
| Currency | Both coins and paper money |
| Commercial Bank | A financial institution that offers full banking services to individuals and businesses |
| Savings and Loan Association (S&L) | Financial institutions that traditionally loaned money to people buying homes |
| Credit Union | Nonprofit service cooperative that accepts deposits, makes loans, and provides other financial services |
| Central Bank | An institution that lends money to other banks; also, the place where the government deos its banking business |
| Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) | The most powerful committee of the Fed, because it makes the decisions that affect the economy as a whole by manipulating the money supply |
| Monetary Policy | Policy that involves changing the rate of growth of the money supply in circulation in order to affect the cost and availability of credit |
| Discount Rate | The interest rate the Fed charges on its loans |
| Reserve | A certain percentage of deposits that banks have to set aside as cash in their own vaults or as deposits in their Federal Reserve district bank |
| Open Market Operations | Purchase or sale of U.S. government bonds and Treasury bills |
| Checking Account | An account in which deposited money can be withdrawn at any time by writing a check |
| Savings Account | An account in which customers receive interest based on how much money that have deposited |
| Certificate of Deposit (CD) | Timed deposit that states the amount of the deposit, maturity, and rate of interest being paid |