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Chapter 13
Saving, Investment, and the Financial System
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
11/04/2015

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Term
The financial system
Definition
the group of institutions that helps match the saving of one person with the investment of another.
Term
Financial Markets
Definition
institutions through which savers can directly provide funds to borrowers.
Term
Bond
Definition
A certificate of indebtedness
Term
Stock
Definition
a claim to partial ownership in a firm
Term
Financial intermediaries
Definition
Institutions through which savers can indirectly provide funds to borrowers
Term
Mutual Funds
Definition
institutions that sell shares to the public and use the proceeds to buy portfolios of stocks and bonds
Term
Private Saving
Definition
The portion of households’ income that is not
used for consumption or paying taxes.
Private Saving=Y-T-C
Term
Public Saving
Definition
Tax Revenue less government spending

T-G
Term
National Saving
Definition
private saving + public saving

Y-C-G
Term
Budget Surplus
Definition
an excess of tax revenue over govt spending

T-G=public saving
Term
Budget Deficit
Definition
a short fall of tax revenue from gov't spending

G-T=-(public saving)
Term
Investment
Definition
Purchase of new capital(not purchase of stocks and bonds)
Term
Crowding Out
Definition
The govt borrows to finance its deficit, leaving less funds available for investment.
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