首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Types of Money The functions of money as a medium of exchange and a measure of value greatly facilitate the exchange of good
Types of Money The functions of money as a medium of exchange and a measure of value greatly facilitate the exchange of good
admin
2012-01-14
38
问题
Types of Money
The functions of money as a medium of exchange and a measure of value greatly
facilitate
the exchange of goods and services and the specialization of production. Without the use of money, trade would be reduced to barter, or the direct exchange of one commodity for another. This was the means of exchange used in primitive societies, and bartering is still practiced in some parts of the world today. In a barter economy, a person having something to trade must find another who wants it and has something acceptable to offer in exchange. In a money economy, the owner of a commodity may sell it for money, which is acceptable in payment for a wide range of other goods or services, thus avoiding the time and effort that would be required to find someone who could make an acceptable trade. Money may thus be regarded as a keystone of modern economic life. The most important types of money are commodity money, credit money, and fiat money. The value of commodity money is about equal to the value of the material contained in it. The principal materials used for this type of money have been gold, silver, and copper. In ancient times, various articles made of these metals, as well as of iron and bronze, were used as money, while among primitive societies commodities such as shells, beads, elephant tusks, furs, skins, and livestock served as mediums of exchange. The gold coins that circulated in the United States before 1933 were examples of commodity money because the value of the gold contained in the coin was about equal to the value of the coin. Credit money is paper backed by promises by the issuer, whether a government or a bank, to pay an equivalent value in the standard monetary metal, such as gold or silver. Paper money that is not redeemable in any other type of money and the value of which is fixed merely by government edict is known as fiat money. This is the type of money found today in the United States in the form of both coins and dollar bills. Credit money becomes fiat money when the issuing government suspends the convertibility of credit money into precious metal. Most fiat money began as credit money, such as the U.S. note known as the greenback which was issued during the American Civil War. Most minor coins in circulation are also a form of fiat money, because the value of the material of which they are made is usually less than their value as money. For example, the amount of nickel in a nickel coin today is less than its value as money. Both the fiat and credit forms of money are generally made acceptable through a government decree that all creditors must take the money in settlement of debts; the money is then referred to as legal tender. If the supply of paper money is not excessive in relation to the needs of trade and industry and people feel confident that this situation will continue, the currency is likely to be generally acceptable and to be relatively stable in value. If, however, such currency is issued in excessively large volume in order to finance government needs, confidence is destroyed and it rapidly loses value. Such depreciation of the currency is often followed by formal devaluation, or reduction of the official value of the currency, by governmental decree. The basic money of a country into which other forms of money may be converted and which determines the value of other kinds of money is called the money of redemption or standard money.
(A) [■]Modern standards have been either commodity standards, in which either gold or silver has been chiefly used as standard money, or fiat standards, consisting of inconvertible currency paper units.
(B) [■]Most monetary systems of the world at the present time, including those in China and the United States, are fiat systems.
(C) [■]They do not allow free convertibility of the currency into a metallic standard, and money is given value by government fiat or edict rather than by its nominal gold or silver content.
(D) [■]Modern systems are also described as managed currencies, because the value of the currency depends to a considerable extent on government management and policies. Internally, the monetary systems of China and the United States contain many elements of managed currency; although gold coinage is no longer permitted, gold may be owned, traded, or used for industrial purposes.
According to the passage, what is the main difference between credit money and fiat money?
选项
A、Credit money is made of precious metals while fiat money is made of paper.
B、Credit money can be converted into precious metals while fiat money cannot.
C、Credit money is more valuable than fiat money because they have different contents.
D、Credit money was circulated in the past while fiat money is used in most modern societies.
答案
B
解析
本题仍为事实信息题。题目问:信用货币(credit money)和不兑现纸币(fiat money)之间的主要区别是什么?根据文章的信息,信用货币和不兑现纸币之间的主要区别是信用货币可以兑换成贵重金属,而不兑现纸币则不可以,也就是B项所说的区别。A项(是材料上的区别)、C项(信用货币比不兑现纸币更有价值因为它们的含量不同)、D项(两者流通的时间不同)都不恰当。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/L5yO777K
0
托福(TOEFL)
相关试题推荐
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeviewsofthewriterinReadingpassage3?Inboxes32-35onyouranswersheet,write
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage2?Inboxes20-26onyouranswersheet,writeT
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage3?Inboxes38-40onyouranswersheet,writeTR
AncientPeopleinSaharaOnOct.13,2000,PaulSereno,aprofessorfromtheUniversityofChicago,guidedateamofpalaeon
HowdesertsareformedA.Adesertreferstoabarrensectionofland,mainlyinaridandsemi-aridareas,wherethereisal
SECTION3Questions21-30Questions21-23CompletethenotesonwhatMikasaysatthebeginningofthediscussion.Mikasays
Whatwasthestudentsurprisedtodiscoverhehadalotof?Theprofessorsuggeststhatthestudent______.
Whenwerethefollowingfeaturesincludedinanautoshow?Writethecorrectletter,A,B,orCnexttoquestions17-20.Alast
Choosethecorrectletter,A,BorC.OnlineExchangeBusinessThewebsiteisorganisedby
Theaveragewavelengthofvisiblelightis2,000times______thediameterofanatom.
随机试题
公文写作首先是出于撰写者的个人兴趣,其次是出于机关或组织领导的要求。
某患者,久泻日久,泄泻多在黎明前后,脐下疼痛,肠鸣即泻,完谷不化,泻后则安,腹部喜暖,常伴形寒肢冷,腰膝酸软,舌淡苔白,脉沉细。其治法是
哮喘发作时,患者的最佳体位是
《安全生产法》规定,生产经营单位对重大危险源应当登记建档,进行定期检测、评估、监控,并制定。______,告知从业人员和相关人员在紧急情况下应当采取的应急措施。
下列关于证券公司证券投资顾问业务内部控制的说法中,正确的是()。Ⅰ.证券投资顾问向客户提供投资建议,应当具有合理的依据Ⅱ.证券投资顾问向客户提供投资建议,应当提示潜在的投资风险,禁止以任何方式向客户承诺或者保证投资收益Ⅲ.证券投资
中国最大、世界第二大流动沙漠是()。
幼儿听老师讲大灰狼扮成兔妈妈要吃小白兔的故事后,对大灰狼憎恶,对小白兔友善。这里发生的是言语信息的学习。()
如果一个瓶内的东西可以被安全地喝下,那么这个瓶子就不会被标为“毒品”,所以,既然一个瓶子没被标为“毒品”,那么它里面的东西就可以被安全地喝下。以下除了哪项外,都犯了与上述论证同样的错误?
A multimedia system allows end users to share, transfer and process a variety of forms of information in a(70)manner.
Whendoestheplanetakeoff?Whichchartiscorrect?BA--BankofAmerica,BJ--BankofJapan,FN--FirstNational
最新回复
(
0
)