货币银行学练习题exercises(Part 1&2)

Exercises (Part 1 &2 ) 1.The principal lender-savers are A) governments B) businesses C) households D) foreigners. 2. Which of the following can be described as direct finance? A) A corporation issues new shares of stock. B) People buy shares in a mutual fund. C) A pension fund manager buys a short-term corporate security in the secondary market. D) An insurance company buys shares of common stock in the over-the-counter markets. 3. Which of the following can be described as indirect finance? A) You make a loan to your neighbor. B) A corporation buys a share of common stock issued by another corporation in the primary market. C) You buy a U.S. Treasury bill from the U.S. Treasury. D) You make a deposit at a bank. 4. ________ work in the secondary markets matching buyers with sellers of securities. A) Dealers B) Underwriters C) Brokers D) security issuers 5. The higher a security's price in the secondary market the ________ funds a firm can raise by selling securities in the ________ market. A) more; primary B) more; secondary C) less; primary D) less; secondary 1 6. Of money's three functions, the one that distinguishes money from other assets is its function as a A) store of value B) unit of account. C) standard of deferred payment. D) medium of exchange. 7. The currency component includes paper money and coins held in A) bank vaults B) ATMs C) the hands of the nonbank public D) the central bank 8. The M1 measure of money includes A) small denomination time deposits. B) traveler's checks. C) money market deposit accounts. D) money market mutual fund shares. 9. A credit market instrument that requires the borrower to make the same payment every period until the maturity date is known as a A) simple loan B) fixed-payment loan C) coupon bond D) discount bond. 10 .All of the following are examples of coupon bonds except A) Corporate bonds B) U.S. Treasury bills C) U.S. Treasury notes D) U.S. Treasury bonds 11. Everything else held constant, if the expected return on U.S. Treasury bonds falls from 8 to 7 percent and the expected return on corporate bonds falls from 10 to 8 percent, then the expected return of corporate bonds ________ relative to U.S. Treasury bonds and the demand for corporate bonds ________. A) rises; rises B) rises; falls C) falls; rises D) falls; falls 12.When the price of a bond is above the equilibrium price, there is an excess ________ bonds and price will ________. A) demand for; rise B) demand for; fall C) supply of; fall D) supply of; rise 13. Everything else held constant, if interest rates are expected to fall in the future, the demand for long-term bonds today ________ and the demand curve shifts to the ________. A) rises; right B) rises; left C) falls; right D) falls; left 14.A factor that could cause the supply of bonds to shift to the right is: A) a decrease in government budget deficits. B) a decrease in expected inflation. C) a recession. D) a business cycle expansion. 15. The Bush tax cut reduced the top income tax bracket from 39% to 35% over a ten-year period. Supply and demand analysis predicts the impact of this change was a ________ interest rate on municipal bonds and a ________ interest rate on Treasury bonds. A) higher; lower B) lower; lower C) higher; higher D) lower; higher 16. Financial markets promote greater economic efficiency by channeling funds from ________ to ________. A) investors; savers B) borrowers; savers C) savers; borrowers D) savers; lenders 17. The price paid for the rental of borrowed funds (usually expressed as a percentage of the rental of $100 per year) is commonly referred to as A) inflation rate. B) exchange rate. C) interest rate. D) aggregate price level. 18. Everything else held constant, a decline in interest rates will cause spending on housing to A) fall. B) remain unchanged. C) either rise, fall, or remain the same. D) rise. 19. High interest rates might cause a corporation to ________ building a new plant that would provide more jobs. A) complete B) consider C) postpone D) contemplate 20. Which of the following statements about the characteristics of debt and equity is false? A) They can both be long-term financial instruments. B) They can both be short-term financial instruments. C) They both involve a claim on the issuer's income. D) They both enable a corporation to raise funds. 21. When I purchase ________, I own a portion of a firm and have the right to vote on issues important to the firm and to elect its directors. A) bonds B) bills C) notes D) stock 22. Which of the following benefit directly from any increase in the corporation's profitability? A) a bond holder B) a commercial paper holder C) a shareholder D) a T-bill holder 23. Which of the following is not a secondary market? A) foreign exchange market B) futures market C) options market D) IPO market 24. Which of the following is not included in the monetary aggregate M2? A) Currency B) bonds C) Traveler's checks D) Checking deposits 25. A liquid asset is A) an asset that can easily and quickly be sold to raise cash. B) a share of an ocean resort. C) difficult to resell. D) always sold in an over-the-counter market. 26. A financial market in which only short-term debt instruments are traded is called the ________ market. A) bond B) money C) capital D) stock 27. Equity instruments are traded in the ________ market. A) money B) bond C) capital D) commodities 28. U.S. Treasury bills are considered the safest of all money market