Across
- 3. The amount of money in circulation in the US
- 4. These are not part of the money supply because they are a loan from a bank
- 8. The number of District Fed Banks
- 10. The buying and selling of government securities by the Fed
- 11. The number of ways the Fed controls the money supply
- 13. This is made up of currency, checking accounts, and traveler’s checks
- 16. Money the bank can use to make loans
- 19. The interest a bank charges a bank for a loan
- 20. This is caused by high spending as a result of high a money supply
- 22. The interest rate the Fed bank charges a bank for a loan
- 23. This is more commonly known as the Fed
- 24. An economic system of trading goods not money
- 25. A slowdown in the economy due to a decrease in the money supply
Down
- 1. The deliberate control of the money supply by the Fed
- 2. The chairman of the Fed
- 5. If the Fed wants to decrease the money supply, they ____ the required reserve
- 6. If the Fed wants to increase the money supply, they ____ the required reserve
- 7. Open market purchases _____ money supply
- 9. The governing body of the Fed
- 12. A decrease in the money supply leads to high _____
- 14. The number of members on the Board of Governors
- 15. A deposit that can be withdrawn and turned into currency
- 17. The amount required to be kept in the bank for each account
- 18. Open market sales ____ money supply
- 21. The amount in the vault and in the district Fed bank