19/06/2020
We buy goods and services with money. The value of the products we purchase to an extent depends on the price we pay on them.
Well do we know the price of money?
The price of money is interest rate.
Interest rates determine the demand and supply of money.
To better understand, when the government wants to reduce the supply of money in the system it will increase interest rates on investments such as treasury bills. This will entice the public to invest their monies in treasury bill causing a reduction in money supply and vice-versa.
Take home for today on Financial Literacy Class with Hilda