Economics of Money and Banking

KShs 100

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Topics to covered

  • Definition and classification of money
  • Functions of money, its importance relative to the barter system.
  • Attributes of money
  • Demand and supply of money, determinants of the liquidity preference motives.
  • Exogenous fixed money demand
  • The classical and Keynesian interest rate determination theories
  • The liquidity trap and its macroeconomics implications
  • The role of commercial banks and the credit (money creation process)
  • Simple and complex money multipliers
  • The role of Central Bank in the economy.