Across
- 3. money that has an alternative use as an economic good; gunpowder, flour, corn, etc.
- 6. an overthrow of government
- 7. moneyless economy that relies on trade or barter
- 8. one of the three functions of money that allows it to serve as a common denominator to measure value
- 10. money by government decree; has no alternative value or use as a commodity
- 11. paper currency issued by the Fed that eventually replaced all other types of federal currency
- 13. money or other substance generally accepted as payment for goods and services; one of the three functions of money
Down
- 1. account whose funds can be removed from a bank or other financial institution by writing a check or using a debit card
- 2. privately owned, publicly controlled, central bank of the United States
- 4. narrow definition of money supply conforming to money’s role as medium of exchange; components include coins, currency, checks, other demand deposits, traveler’s checks
- 5. standard unit of currency in a country’s money supply; American dollar, British pound, etc.
- 9. money in the form of gold or silver coins
- 12. one of the three functions of money allowing people to preserve value for future use
- 14. broad definition of money supply conforming to money’s role as a medium of exchange and store of value; components include M1 plus savings deposits, time deposits, and money market funds