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7.

What are the four functions served by money?

8.

How does the existence of money simplify the process of buying and selling?

9.

What is the double-coincidence of wants?

10.

What components of money are counted as part of M1?

11.

What components of money are counted in M2?

12.

Why is a bank called a financial intermediary?

13.

What does a balance sheet show?

14.

What are the assets of a bank? What are its liabilities?

15.

How do you calculate the net worth of a bank?

16.

How can a bank end up with a negative net worth?

17.

What is the asset–liability time mismatch that all banks face?

18.

What is the risk if a bank does not diversify its loans?

19.

How do banks create money?

20.

What is the formula for the money multiplier?