Money functions as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, and a store of value. It circulates from person to person, facilitating trade and measuring wealth. There are two main types: commodity money, where the value of the money equals the material it is made from, and token money, where the value exceeds production costs. Money is used to pay for goods and services currently and to defer payments to the future.
Money functions as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, and a store of value. It circulates from person to person, facilitating trade and measuring wealth. There are two main types: commodity money, where the value of the money equals the material it is made from, and token money, where the value exceeds production costs. Money is used to pay for goods and services currently and to defer payments to the future.
Money functions as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, and a store of value. It circulates from person to person, facilitating trade and measuring wealth. There are two main types: commodity money, where the value of the money equals the material it is made from, and token money, where the value exceeds production costs. Money is used to pay for goods and services currently and to defer payments to the future.
Money: - a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic
exchange - It is the medium in which prices and values are expressed - It circulates from person to person and country to country, then facilitating trade, and it is the principal measure of wealth.
The function of money:
- A medium of Exchange: anything that is widely accepted in payment for goods and services and in settlement of debts. It is used to pay for goods and settle debts - A measure of value: Money is used to measure the value of goods offered in the market. Money measures value in its units of accounts. The unit of account is the unit in which prices are quoted and account are kept. - A Store of value - A Standard of Deferred(Hoãn) Payments Types of Money: - Commodity Money: medium of economic exchange, the value of commodity money is about equal to the value of the material contained in it - Token Money: Means of payment, value of token money exceeds the cost of production. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 1. - a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange - It is the medium in which prices and values are expressed. - It circulates from person to person and country to country, then facilitating trade, and it is the principal measure of wealth. 2. - A medium of Exchange - A measure of value - A Store of value. - A Standard of Deferred(Hoãn) Payments 3. anything that is widely accepted in payment for goods and services and in settlement of debts. 4. Money is used to pay for goods and settle debts. 5. - Money is used to measure the value of goods offered in the market. - Money can be used to make purchases in the future. - When you buy something but do not pay for it immediately, your payment is expressed in terms of money to be paid in the future. 6. 7. - Commodity Money - Token Money 8. Banknotes