Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781319098759
Author: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 15, Problem 1QFT
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Concept Introduction:

Money Supply: It is defined as the quantity of money which are present in the economy at a point of time. There are various components of money like currency, demand deposit, saving deposits, money with central bank, travellers’cheque, short term deposits, long term deposits, time deposit, t-bills and so on.

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Answer to Problem 1QFT

PP account is not considered as the money supply component and they should not be included.

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PP account should not be considered as a part of money supply because of following reasons:

  • The amount of money they hold comprise of very less percentage of total amount of money in the economy.
  • If conventional banks are granted with the responsibility of mobile payments and other related transactions then they would handle more efficiently than these companies.
  • The interest rate provided by them is almost zero and there is no Federal Reserve insurance for the users.

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