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Chapter 12
Brief Principles of Macroeconomics Vocabulary
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Engineering
Undergraduate 2
11/29/2013

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Quantity Theory of Money
Definition
A theory asserting that the quantity of money available determines the price level and that the growth rate in the quantity of money available determines the inflation rate
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Nominal Variables
Definition

Variables measured in monetary units

 

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Real Variables
Definition
Variables measured in physical units
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Classical Dichotomy
Definition
The theroretical seperation of the nominal and real variables
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Monetary Neutrality
Definition
The proposition that changes in the money supply do not affect real variables
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Velocity of Money
Definition
The rate at which money changes hands
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Quantity Equation
Definition

Which relates the quantity of money, the velocity of money and the dollar value of the ecoconomy's output of goods and services

 

M x V = P x Y

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Inflation Tax
Definition
The revenue the government raises by reating money
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Fisher Effect
Definition
the one-for-one adjustment of the nominal interest to the inflation rate
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Shoeleather Costs
Definition
the resources wasted when inflation encourages people to reduce their money holdings
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Menu Costs
Definition
the cost of changing prices
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