A person’s wealth typically consists of lots of different assets and some of those assets are considered money.  Money is unique in that  

I am considered a “small saver” because I usually don’t have a lot of extra cash on hand at any point in time.  

Most U.S. financial crises have started during periods of ________ either after the start of a recession, a stock market crash, or the failure of a major financial institution.

If a bank has $300,000 of checkable deposits, a required reserve ratio of 20 percent, and it holds $120,000 in reserves, then the maximum deposit outflow it can sustain without altering its balance sheet is

Consider the risk structure of interest rates.  If corporate bonds become more risky, we would expect  

Why does holding large amounts of bank capital helps prevent bank failures?

Income and wealth rise during business cycle expansions. Therefore, the demand for bonds ________ and the demand curve shifts to the ________, everything else held constant.

Why might a bank hold excess and secondary reserves?

Consider the risk structure of interest rates.  A decrease in marginal tax rates will ________ the demand for municipal bonds, and ________ the demand for U.S. government bonds, everything else held constant.

When banks borrow from other banks, we call such loans ______. These loans are a ________ of funds.