Across
- 6. paper currency issued during the civil war
- 10. the national currency we use today in the United States
- 12. coins and paper bills used as money
- 13. widespread panic in which great numbers of people try to redeem their paper money
- 14. the direct exchange of one set of goods or services for another
- 17. the government agency that insures customer deposits if a bank fails
- 21. objects that have value because the holder can exchange them for something else of value
- 24. anything that serves as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value
- 25. failure to pay back a loan
- 27. the ability to be used as, or directly converted to, cash
- 28. person or institution to whom money is owed
- 29. money that has value because the government has ordered that it is an acceptable means to pay debts
- 30. a bank chartered, or licensed, by the national government
- 31. a means for comparing the values of goods and services
Down
- 1. the severe economic decline that began in 1929 and lasted for more than a decade
- 2. bank that can lend to other banks in times of need
- 3. an institution for receiving, keeping, and lending money
- 4. a monetary system in which paper money and coins are equal to the value of a certain amount of gold
- 5. anything that is used to determine value during the exchange of goods and services
- 7. a card used to withdraw money
- 8. bank that belongs to the Federal Reserve System
- 9. a banking system that keeps only a fraction of funds on hand and lends out the remainder
- 10. the nation's central banking system
- 11. a fund that pools money from small savers to purchase short-term government and corporate securities
- 15. all the money available in the united states economy
- 16. the money in checking accounts
- 18. the price paid for the use of borrowed money
- 19. a card entitling its holder to buy goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for these goods and services
- 20. a specific type of loan that is used to buy real estate
- 22. objects that have value in themselves and that are also used as money
- 23. something that keeps its value if it is stored rather than used
- 26. the amount of money borrowed