Revision Notes For Class 12 Macro Economics Chapter 3 - Free PDF Download
Revision Notes For Class 12 Macro Economics Chapter 3 - Free PDF Download
Revision Notes For Class 12 Macro Economics Chapter 3 - Free PDF Download
Revision Notes for Class 12 Macro Economics Chapter 3 – Free PDF Download
CBSE Class 12 economics revision notes chapter 3 Money and Banking Revision Notes
CLASS 12 Macro ECONOMICS REVISION NOTES
CBSE CLASS 12 STUDY MATERIALS
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Functions of Money:
1. Primary Functions
a. Medium of exchange
2. Secondary Functions
b. Store of value
c. Transfer of value
3.Contingent Functions
a. Basis of credit
b. Liquidity
Barter Exchange: It implies the direct exchange of goods for goods without the use of money.
5. Lack of divisibility.
Supply of Money: Total stock of money (currency notes, coins and demand deposit of banks)
in circulation are held by the public at a given point of time.
Supply of money does not include cash balance held by central and state govt. and stock of
money held by banking system of country as they are not in actual circulation of the country.
Measures of Money Supply = Currency held by Public + Net Demand Deposits held by
commercial banks
M1 = C + DD + OD
OD = Other deposits
M4= M3+ Total deposits with the post office saving organisation excluding the deposits on
NSC
Commercial Banks: Commercial Banks are financial institution who accepts deposits from the
public and provide loans facilities for investment with the aim of earning profit.
1. Primary functions:-
2. Secondary functions:-
1. Agency function
(c) Purchase and sale of shares and securities on behalf of the customers
(g) Acting as correspondent and representative of customer and provide letter of credit to the
Central Banks: The central Bank is the apex institution of monetary and financial system of a
country. It makes monetary policy of the country in public interest. It manages, supervises
and facilitates the banking system of the country.
1. Bank of Issue
4. Controller of credit.
The capacity of banks to create money or credit depends on (i) Amount of primary deposits
and (ii) Legal reserve ratio(LRR).
Legal Reserve Ratio(LRR):- is fixed by the central bank of a country and it is the minimum
ratio of deposit legally required to be kept as cash by banks.
Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR):- It is a part of LRR which is to be kept with the central bank.
Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR):- It is a part of LRR which is to be kept with the bank
themselves.
Commercial bank’s demand deposits are a part of money supply. Commercial banks lend
money to the borrowers by opening demand deposit account in their names. The borrowers
are free to use this money by writing cheques. According to definition demand deposits are a
part of money supply. Therefore, by creating additional demand deposits bank create money.
Money creation depends upon two factor: Primary deposits and Legal Reserve Ratio (LRR).
Deposit Multiplier = 1/LRR Total Deposit creation = Initial deposit X 1/LRR.
Repo rate : Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (Reserve Bank of
India in case of India) lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds.
Repo rate is used by monetary authorities to control inflation.
Description: In the event of inflation, central banks increase repo rate as this acts as a
disincentive for banks to borrow from the central bank. This ultimately reduces the money
supply in the economy and thus helps in arresting inflation.
Reverse repo rate : Reverse repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country
(Reserve Bank of India in case of India) borrows money from commercial banks within the
country. It is a monetary policy instrument which can be used to control the money supply in
Description: An increase in the reverse repo rate will decrease the money supply and vice-
versa, other things remaining constant. An increase in reverse repo rate means that
commercial banks will get more incentives to park their funds with the RBI, thereby
decreasing the supply of money in the market.