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Chapter 24 Civics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coins | Metallic from of money such as penies, nickles, and dimes. |
| Currency | Both coins and paper money. |
| Commercial Bank | A financial institution that offers full banking services to individuals and businesses. |
| Saving and loan association | Financial institution that traditionally loned money to people buying homes. |
| Credit Union | Nonprofit services 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 | 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 availibility of credit. |
| Discount Rate | The interest rate the Fed charges on its loans. |
| Reserve | A certain precentage of deposits that banks have to set aside as cah in their own vaults or as deposits in their Federal Reserve district bank. |
| Open Market Operations | Puchase or sale of U.S. government bonds and Treasury bills. |
| Checking Account | Ana ccount in which deposits money can be withdrawn at any time by writing a check.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 | Timed deposit that states the amount of the deposit, maturity, and rate of interest being paid. |