So What Is Money

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So What Is Money?
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Meaning and Function of Money

• Economists Meaning of Money
• 1. Anything that is generally accepted in payment
  for goods and services
• 2. Not the same as wealth or income
• Functions of Money
• 1. Medium of exchange
• 2. Unit of account
• 3. Store of value

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Evolution of Money

• Commodities
• Precious metals like gold and silver
• Paper currency
• Checks
• Electronic means of payment Fedwire, CHIPS,
  SWIFT, ACH
• Electronic money Debit cards, Stored-value
  cards, Electronic cash and checks

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The First Money

• 700-637 BC Lydian King stamped electrum ingots
  with lions head (Western Turkey)
• Previous to this they merely used items (grains,
  etc) to balance out the barter.

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The First Money

• 640 BC Lydian King stamped electrum ingots with
  lions head
• Many countries used different commodities as a
  medium of exchange
• Roman Empire (to 476 AD), used coins extensively.
• Dark ages 476 AD - 1250, money disappeared or
  fell out of favor in Europe, maintained in the
  Byzantine Empire

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The First Money

• Aztecs used the cacao seeds. Largely to equalize
  a barter transaction.
• Knights of Templar (1118 AD- 1314 AD) The first
  bankers. Managed money for the French Kings, the
  Pope, and Crusaders
• Freed from the requirement of physically
  transporting the gold, or coin.
• Goldsmiths story.

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Commodity Money

• Criteria for commodity Money
• Easily standardized
• Widely accepted
• Divisible
• Easy to carry
• Must not deteriorate
• Examples cigarettes, booze, gold, clams etc.

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Commodity Standard

• Gold standard
• Bimetallic standard
• Coins
• Full bodied currency
• Fiat (freedom from commodity standard)
• Problems and issues with commodity money
• Seigniorage (The difference between the m.v. of
  money and the cost of production)
• Greshams Law- Bad money chases out good money

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History of Paper Currency

• First identified in 1st century AD China
• Full bodied currency
• First bank note in Europe, 1661, backed by copper
  sheets weighing 500 lbs.
• Fiat Currency
• The Dollar

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Fun Facts about the Dollar

• Ave life of 1 bill is 18 months, 9 years for a
  100
• 490 notes in a lb. So 10 Million in 100s weighs
  204lbs.
• ½ of bills printed in a day are 1 denomination
• http//www.wheresgeorge.com/

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History of Money in US

• Franklin The Father of Paper Money
• States issued currency
• Continentals (1777-1781)
• Not worth a continental
• Free Banking ( - 1866)
• States and banks issued their own currency
• Greenbacks (Civil War)
• Nationalization of Gold (1933)
• The Collapse of the Bretton Woods System (1971)
• Goodwin, Jason. 2003. Greenback How the Dollar
  Changed the World. New York Henry Holt.
• http//news.mpr.org/play/audio.php?media/midmorni
  ng/2003/01/31_midmorn2
• Clips Paper money 700 Metallists 1445 Wizard
  of Oz 2045 Dollar 4900

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Federal Reserves Monetary Aggregates
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How Reliable are the M2 Money Data Data Revisions
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Growth Rates of Feds Monetary Aggregates
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The Economic Organization of a POW CampR.A.
Radford Economica, 1945, 189-201

• According to Radford, did cigarettes function
  well as money in the POW camp?
• Was it important to their use as currency that
  cigarettes had intrinsic value?
• Why would individuals re-roll their
  machine-rolled cigarettes?
• What is the significance of the fact that a
  halving of Red Cross parcels changed prices?
• What accounts for the fall in the value of the
  "bully mark"?
• What happened to prices during an air raid? Why?
•  

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The Economic Organization of a POW CampR.A.
Radford Economica, 1945, 189-201

• Important monetary ideas
• Increase in cigarettes caused prices to rise
  (that is to say, the number of cigarettes it took
  to buy a particular item increased).
• Decrease in the number of cigarettes caused
  prices to fall.
• Demand for cigarettes other than as money
  affected their ability to function as money
  (non-monetary demand). It also affected the
  relationship between prices and the quantity of
  cigarettes
• Prices responded to expectations of changes in
  the number of cigarettes. Prisoners were forward
  looking, rational, and prices reflected those
  beliefs about the future.

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Multiple Deposit Creation and the Money Supply
Process
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Four Players in the Money Supply Process

• 1. Central Bank The Fed
• 2. Banks
• 3. Depositors
• 4. Borrowers from banks
• Federal Reserve System
• 1. Conducts monetary policy
• 2. Clears checks
• 3. Regulates banks

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The Feds Balance Sheet
Federal Reserve System
Assets
Liabilities
Government securities Discount loans
Currency in circulation Reserves
Monetary Base, MB C R
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Control of the Monetary Base

• Open Market Purchase from Bank
• The Banking System
  The Fed
• Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities
• Securities 100 Securities 100 Reserves
  100
• Reserves 100
• Open Market Purchase from Public
• Public
  The Fed
• Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities
• Securities 100 Securities 100 Reserves
  100
• Deposits 100
• Banking System
• Assets Liabilities
• Reserves Checkable Deposits
• 100 100
• Result R ? 100, MB ? 100

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If Person Cashes Check

• Public The
  Fed
• Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities
• Securities 100 Securities 100
  Currency 100
• Currency 100
• Result R unchanged, MB ? 100
• Effect on MB certain, on R uncertain
• Shifts From Deposits into Currency
• Public The
  Fed
• Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities
• Deposits 100 Currency 100
• Currency 100 Reserves 100
• Banking System
• Assets Liabilities
• Reserves 100 Deposits 100
• Result R ? 100, MB unchanged

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Discount Loans

• Banking System The Fed
• Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities
• Reserves Discount Discount Reserves
• 100 loan 100 loan 100 100
• Result R ? 100, MB ? 100
• Conclusion Fed has better ability to control MB
  than R

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Deposit Creation Single Bank

• First National Bank
• Assets Liabilities
• Securities 100
• Reserves 100
• First National Bank
• Assets Liabilities
• Securities 100 Deposits 100
• Reserves 100
• Loans 100
• First National Bank
• Assets Liabilities
• Securities 100 Deposits 100
• Loans 100

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Deposit Creation Banking System

• Bank A
• Assets Liabilities
• Reserves 100 Deposits 100
• Bank A
• Assets Liabilities
• Reserves 10 Deposits 100
• Loans 90
• Bank B
• Assets Liabilities
• Reserves 90 Deposits 90
• Bank B
• Assets Liabilities
• Reserves 9 Deposits 90
• Loans 81

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Deposit Creation
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Deposit Creation

• If Bank A buys securities with 90 check
• Bank A
• Assets Liabilities
• Reserves 10 Deposits 100
• Securities 90
• Seller deposits 90 at Bank B and process is same
• Whether bank makes loans or buys securities, get
  same deposit expansion

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Deposit Multiplier

• Simple Deposit Multiplier
• 1
• ?D ? ?R
• r
• Deriving the formula
• R RR r ? D
• 1
• D ? R
• r
• 1
• ?D ? ?R
• r

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Deposit CreationBanking System as a Whole

• Banking System
• Assets Liabilities
• Securities 100 Deposits 1000
• Reserves 100
• Loans 1000
• Critique of Simple Model
• Deposit creation stops if
• 1. Proceeds from loan kept in cash
• 2. Bank holds excess reserves

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The Monetary Base

• 1. MB C R (Fed notes) (bank deposits)
  (Treasury currency) (coin)
• Asset Liabilities of Fed balance sheet ?
• 2. (Fed notes) (bank deposits) (securities)
  (discount loans) (gold and SDRs) (coin)
  (cash items in process of collection) (other
  Fed assets) (Treasury deposits) (foreign and
  other deposits) (deferred-availability cash
  items) (other Fed liabs)
• Float (cash items in process of collection)
  (deferred-availability cash items)
• Substituting 2 into 1 and using definition of
  float
• MB (securities) (discount loans) (gold and
  SDRs) (float) (other Fed assets) (Treasury
  currency) (Treasury deposits) (foreign and
  other deposits) (other Fed liabs)

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Summary Factors that Affect the Monetary Base
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Wizard of OZ

• The Wizard of OZ as a monetary allegory
• Rockoff, Hugh. 1990. "The "Wizard of Oz" as a
  Monetary Allegory." Journal of Political Economy,
  984, pp. 739-60.
• http//www.uno.edu/coba/econ/projects/oz/
• http//www.micheloud.com/FXM/MH/Crime/WWIZOZ.htm
• http//www.ryerson.ca/lovewell/oz.html

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William Jennings Bryan

• Bryan gave a very passionate speech and "brought
  the delegates to their feet howling in ecstasy
  with his cry toward the end (Boller, p. 168)
  We have petitioned, and our petitions have
  been scorned we have entreated, and our
  entreaties have been disregarded we have begged,
  and they have mocked when our clamity came. We
  beg no longer we entreat no more. We defy them
  ...! Having behind us the producing masses of
  this nation and the world, supported by the
  commercial interests, the laboring interests, and
  the toilers everywhere, we will answer their
  demand for a gold standard by saying to them You
  shall not press down upon the brow of labor this
  crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind
  upon a cross of gold!
• http//www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/years
  chedule.asp
• http//www.americanpresidents.org/ram/amp082399g2.
  ram
• At 24 minutes

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Structure of Central Banks and the Federal
Reserve System
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First Bank of United States 1791-1811
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Second Bank of United States 1816-1836
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Formal Structure of the Fed
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Federal Reserve Districts
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Informal Structure of the Fed
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Central Bank Independence

• Factors making Fed independent
• 1. Members of Board have long terms
• 2. Fed is financially independent This is most
  important
• Factors making Fed dependent
• 1. Congress can amend Fed legislation
• 2. President appoints Chairmen and Board members
  and can influence legislation
• Overall Fed is quite independent
• Other Central Banks
• 1. Bank of England least independent Govt. makes
  policy decisions
• 2. European Central Bank most independentprice
  stability primary goal
• 3. Bank of Canada and Japan fair degree of
  independence, but not all on paper
• 4. Trend to greater independence New Zealand,
  European nations

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Explaining Central Bank Behavior

• Theory of bureaucratic behavior
• 1. Is an example of principal-agent problem
• 2. Bureaucracy often acts in own interest
• Implications for Central Banks
• 1. Act to preserve independence
• 2. Try to avoid controversy often plays games
• 3. Seek additional power over banks
• Should Fed be Independent?
• Case For
• 1. Independent Fed likely has longer-run
  objectives, politicians don't evidence is
  independence produces better policy outcomes
  throughout the whole
• 2. Avoids political business cycle
• 3. Less likely deficits will be inflationary
• Case Against
• 1. Fed may not be accountable
• 2. Hinders coordination of monetary and fiscal
  policy
• 3. Fed has often performed badly

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Central Bank Independence andMacro Performance
in 17 Countries
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Tools of Monetary Policy
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The Market for Reserves and the Fed Funds Rate

• Demand Curve for Reserves
• 1. R RR ER
• 2. i ???opportunity cost of ER??, ER ?
• 3. Demand curve slopes down
• Supply Curve for Reserves
• 1. If iff is below id, then discount borrowing,
  Rs Rn (non-borrowed reserves, controlled by
  OMO)
• 2. Supply curve flat (infinitely elastic) at id
  because as iff starts to go above id, banks
  borrow more at id
• Market Equilibrium
• Rd Rs at iff

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Supply and Demand for Reserves
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Response to Open Market Operations

• Open Market Purchase
• Nonborrowed reserves, Rn, ? and shifts supply
  curve to right Rs2 i ? to i2ff

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Open Market Operations

• 2 Types
• 1. Dynamic
• Meant to change MB
• 2. Defensive
• Meant to offset other factors affecting MB,
  typically uses repos
• Advantages of Open Market Operations
• 1. Fed has complete control
• 2. Flexible and precise
• 3. Easily reversed
• 4. Implemented quickly

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Response to Change in Required Reserves
Required reserve Requirement ? Demand for
reserves ?, Rs shifts right and iff ? to i2ff
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Reserve Requirements

• Advantages
• 1. Powerful effect
• Disadvantages
• 1. Small changes have very large effect on Ms
• 2. Raising causes liquidity problems for banks
• 3. Frequent changes cause uncertainty for banks
• 4. Tax on banks
• Proposed Reforms
• 1. Abolish reserve requirements
• 2. 100 reserve requirements (Milton Friedman)
• A. Advantage complete control of Ms
• B. Disadvantage Fed controls official Ms but not
  economically relevant Ms

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Response to a Change in the Discount Rate
(a) No discount lending Lower Discount
Rate Horizontal to section ? and supply curve
just shortens, iff stays same
(b) Some discount lending Lower Discount
Rate Horizontal section ?, iff ? to i2ff i2d
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Discount Loans

• 3 Types
• 1. Primary Credit
• 2. Secondary Credit
• 3. Seasonal Credit
• Lender of Last Resort Function
• 1. To prevent banking panics
• FDIC fund not big enough
• Example Continental Illinois
• 2. To prevent nonbank financial panics
• Examples 1987 stock market crash and September
  11 terrorist incident
• Announcement Effect
• 1. Problem False signals

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Discount Policy

• Advantages
• 1. Lender of Last Resort Role
• Disadvantages
• 1. Confusion interpreting discount rate changes
• 2. Fluctuations in discount loans cause
  unintended fluctuations in money supply
• 3. Not fully controlled by Fed
• Proposed Reforms
• 1. Abolish discounting (Milton Friedman)
• A. Eliminates fluctuations in Ms
• B. However, lose lender of last resort role
• 2. Tie discount rate to market rate
• A. i id constant, so less fluctuations of DL
  and Ms
• B. Easier administration
• C. No false announcement signals
• Adopted Reforms
• Penalty discount rate where Discount Rateff

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Market Interest Rates and the Discount Rate
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How Primary Credit Facility Puts Ceiling on iff
Rightward shift of Rs to Rs2 moves equilibrium to
point 2 where i2ff id and discount lending
rises from zero to DL2
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Channel/Corridor System for Setting Interest
Rates in Other Countries
In the channel/corridor system standing
facilities result in a step function supply
curve, Rs. If demand curve shifts between Rd1 and
Rd2, iff always remains between ir and il
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Conduct of Monetary Policy Goals and Targets
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Goals of Monetary Policy

• Goals
• 1. High Employment
• 2. Economic Growth
• 3. Price Stability
• 4. Interest Rate Stability
• 5. Financial Market Stability
• 6. Foreign Exchange Market Stability
• Goals often in conflict

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Central Bank Strategy
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Money Supply Target

• 1. M d fluctuates between M d' and M d''
• 2. With M-target at M, i fluctuates between i'
  and i''

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Interest Rate Target

• 1. M d fluctuates between M d' and M d''
• 2. To set i-target at i Ms fluctuates between M'
  and M''

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Criteria for Choosing Targets

• Criteria for Intermediate Targets
• 1. Measurability
• 2. Controllability
• 3. Ability to predictably affect goals
• Interest rates arent clearly better than Ms on
  criteria 1 and 2 because hard to measure and
  control real interest rates
• Criteria for Operating Targets
• Same criteria as above
• Reserve aggregates and interest rates about equal
  on criteria 1 and 2. For 3, if intermediate
  target is Ms, then reserve aggregate is better

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History of Fed Policy Procedures

• Early Years Discounting as Primary Tool
• 1. Real bills doctrine
• 2. Rise in discount rates in 1920 recession
  192021
• Discovery of Open Market Operations
• 1. Made discovery when purchased bonds to get
  income in 1920s
• Great Depression
• 1. Failure to prevent bank failures
• 2. Result sharp drop in Ms
• Reserve Requirements as Tool
• 1. Banking Act of 1935
• 2. Required reserves ? in 1936, 1937 to reduce
  idle reserves
• Result Ms ? and severe recession in 193738

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• Pegging of Interest Rates 1942-51
• 1. To help finance war, T-bill at 3/8, T-bond at
  2 1/2
• 2. Fed-Treasury Accord in March 1951
• Money Market Conditions 1950s and 60s
• 1. Interest Rates
• A. Procyclical M
• Y ? ? i ? ? MB ? ? M ?
• ? ? ? ?e ? ? i ? ? MB ? ? M ?
• Targeting Monetary Aggregates 1970s
• 1. Fed funds rate as operating target with narrow
  band
• 2. Procyclical M

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• New Operating Procedures 197982
• 1. Deemphasis on fed funds rate
• 2. Nonborrowed reserves operating target
• 3. Fed still using interest rates to affect
  economy and inflation
• Deemphasis of Monetary Aggregates 1982Early
  1990s
• 1. Borrowed reserves (DL) operating target
• A. Procyclical M
• Y ? ? i ? ? DL ? ? MB ? ? M ?
• Fed Funds Targeting Again Early 1990s to the
  present
• 1. Fed funds target now announced
• International Considerations
• 1. M ? in 1985 to lower exchange rate, M ? in
  1987 to raise it
• 2. International policy coordination

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Federal Funds Rate and MoneyGrowth Before and
After October 1979
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Taylor Rule, NAIRU and the Phillips Curve

• Taylor Rule
• Fed funds rate target inflation rate
• equilibrium real fed funds rate
• 1/2 (inflation gap)
• 1/2 (output gap)
• Phillips Curve Theory
• Change in inflation influenced by output relative
  to potential, and other factors
• When unemployment rate
• NAIRU thought to be 6, but inflation falls with
  unemployment rate below 5
• Phillips curve theory highly controversial

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Taylor Rule and Fed Funds Rate
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Taylors Rule
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Taylors Rule in Early 2000s

• http//research.stlouisfed.org/publications/mt/pag
  e10.pdf

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McCallums Monetary Base Rule

• ?MB ?(10yr MA growth of Real GDP) - (4yr MA
  of Base velocity growth)
• Where ?0,1,2,3,4 percent

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McCallums Rule
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Appendix

• Slides after this point will most likely not be
  covered in class. However they may contain useful
  definitions, or further elaborate on important
  concepts, particularly materials covered in the
  text book.
• They may contain examples Ive used in the past,
  or slides I just dont want to delete as I may
  use them in the future.

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E- Money

• Closed stored value system
• Open stored value system
• Debit card system
• Online vs. offline
• Identified e-money vs anonymous e-money