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MONEY &

MONEY FUNCTION
U NI T II I
MONEY
DEFINITION

• Economists, however, have a


language all their own when it comes
to money. They define it as something
that serves as a medium of exchange,
a unit of accounting, and a store of
value. Money is a medium of
exchange in the sense that we all
agree to accept it in making
transactions.
FUNCTIONS OF MONEY

• Primary
• Secondary
• Contingent
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS

• Money as a medium of exchange


• Money as a standard of value
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS

Deferred payment
Store of values
Transfer of value
CONTINGENT FUNCTION

• Distribution of social income


• Equalisation of marginal utility in
expenditure
• Basis of credit system
• Imparting of a general form of capital
OTHER FUNCTIONS

• Money as a liquid Assets


• Bearers of options
KINDS OF MONEY

• Nature of money :
• Actual money
• 1. Commodity of Money
• 2. Representative of money :
• A Convertible Money
• B. Inconvertible Money
MATERIAL USED

• Metallic Money
• Paper Money
LEGALITY

• 1 Legal Tender Money :


• A Unlimited legal tender money
• B. Limited Legal money
• 2. Optional money
STATUS

• Standard Money
• Token Money
• Optional Money
CLASSIFIED

• Classical Approach
• Money + Currency = Demand Deposit
• Chicago Approach
• Money + Currency+ Demand Deposits
+ Time Deposits
• Non Banking intermediaries
• Money = Currency+ Demand Deposit
+ Time Deposit+ NBI – Debenture,
Saving bank Share Bonds
• Central Banking or Redcliff Approach
• Money = Currency+ Demand Deposit +
Time Deposit+ NBI – Debenture, Saving
bank Share Bonds + Credit from un-
Organised Sectors.
IMPORTANCE OF MONEY

• To the consumer
• To the producer
• Money has made specialisation and division of
labour possible
• Money eliminate the drawback of the barter
system
• Money facilitates trade
• Importance of distribution
• Significance of public finance
• Money makes material progress possible
EVILS OR DEFECTS OF MONEY

• Money given birth to trade cycle


• Money encourage over capitalization
• Lack of stability of value of money
• Money strengthens economic inequalities
• Moral depravity
• Money trends become a master
GOOD MONEY MATERIAL

• Utility
• Portability
• Durability
• Divisibility
• Homogeneity
• Stability of value
• Acceptability
• Elasticity

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