civics chapter 24 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
coin | metalic forms of money such as pennies and nickels |
currency | coins and paper money |
commercial bank | financial institutions that offer full banking services to individuals and businesses |
savings & loan association | 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 | federal reserve system known as Fed |
federal open market committee (FOMC) | makes the decisions that affect the economy as a whole by manipulating, or controlling, the money supply. |
monetary policy | the controlling of the supply of money and the cost of borrowing money, credit, according to the needs of the economy |
discount rate | the rate the fed charges member banks for loans |
reserve | a certain percentage 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 | purchase or sale of U.S. government bonds adn 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checking account | an account in which deposited money can be withdrawn at any time by writing a check |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 cutomers receive interest based onhow much money they have deposited |
certificate of deposit | timed deposit that states the amount of the deposit, maturity, and rate of interest being paid |
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