MONEY AND BANKING PART 2 NOTES FOR CLASS 12
MONEY AND BANKING MEANING OF MONEY: Money is anything which is generally accepted as medium of exchange, measure of value, store of value and as means of standard of deferred payment. FUNCTIONS OF MONEY: Functions of money can be classified into Primary and Secondary Primary/Basic functions:- i) Medium of Exchange: - It can be used in making payments for all transactions of goods and services. ii) Measure /Unit of value: - It helps in measuring the value of goods and services. The value is usually called as price. After knowing the value of goods in single unit (price) exchanges become easy. Secondary functions:- i) Standard of deferred payments: Deferred payments referred to those payments which are to be made in near future. Money acts as a standard deferred payment due to the following reasons: a) Value of money remains more or less constant compared to other commodities. b) Money has the merit of general acceptability. c) Money is more durable compare to othe