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Chapter 24
Civics and Economics chapter 24 definitions
| 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 businessess |
| 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 does 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 a 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| Checking Account | an account in which deposited money can be withdrawn at any time by writing a check |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 they have deposited |
| Certificate of Deposit (CD) | times deposit that states the amount of the deposit, maturity, and rate of interest being paid |