Tag: value, nature and functions of money

Money supply refers to the total stock of money of all types ( currency as well as demand deposits) held by the people of a country at a given point of time. 

Money supply is measured in several ways which includes M1, M2, M3 and M4  measurement of money supply. Every measurement has it own definition with different components varying from most liquid to most rigid form. 

Demand deposits refers to the deposits of the people which is held by the commercial banks which can be withdrawn on demand. These are included in M1 and M2 measurement of money supply as they are considered the liquid money supply in the economy. 

Money as a standard of value or measure of value refers to that function of money which helps in determining the value of goods and services in the economy. Money is taken as the common denominator while measuring the value of goods and services in monetary terms according to which prices are measured for all commodities in the economy. 

Money refers to a common medium of exchange that is issued under the law of government and acts as a legal tender for the whole country. As a medium of exchange, money functions as a mode of exchanging goods and services. In this function of money, money is used to purchase or sell different goods and services in the market. 

Price taker firm exist in ease of perfect competition where the demand curve is a straight line parallel to the x-axis as the firm can sell any amount of the commodity at the same price. So demand curve will not be negatively sloped.

Money refers to a common medium of exchange that is issued under the law of government and acts as a legal tender for the whole country. The functions performed by money are as follows: 

1. Medium of exchange: As a medium of exchange, it refers to a function of money in which money is considered as a mode of exchanging goods. This function of money solved the main problem of barter system which was double coincidence of wants.

2. Common measure of value: As a measure of value, it refers to a function of money that helps in determining the value of goods and services. Money is taken as the common denominator while measuring the value of goods and services in monetary terms.

3. Store of value: As a store of value, it refers to the function of money  that helps individuals in storing their wealth in the form of money. Therefore, money acts as an asset that sustains value over a period of time.

Money refers to a common medium of exchange that is issued under the law of government and acts as a legal tender for the whole country. The main function of money according to modern economics is money as a store of value. As a store of value, money functions by helping individuals to store their wealth in the form of money. Therefore, money acts as an asset that sustains value over a period of time because it is non-perishable and inexpensive form of storage. 

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A liquidity trap is an economic situation where people hoard financial capital instead of investing or spending it as the interest rates are low and savings rates are high which renders monetary policy ineffective. So, people believe that the interest rates will soon rise, which might decrease the prices of the bonds. Therefore, the demand for money depends on the rate of interest in the economy which hence makes the demand for money perfectly interest elastic. 

Money as a measure of value, helps in determining the value of goods and services in the economy. Money is taken as the common denominator while measuring the value of goods and services in the economy. Therefore, with the help of this function everything can be measure in a common denominator or unit.