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QUASI-MONEY [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

Assets which have properties resembling those of money in the strict sense.

CONT

... dollars in those forms are called near money, because, for most transactions, it is first necessary to convert them from near money to money.

OBS

[Near money] iIncludes savings deposits, time deposits, certificates of deposits, deposits in thrift institutions, etc.

Key term(s)
  • quasi money

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Actifs financiers rapidement transformables en un moyen de paiement comme la monnaie, mais qui ne constituent pas eux-mêmes des instruments d'échange, par exemple les dépôts en compte d'épargne et les bons du Trésor.

CONT

[les] bons du Trésor à court terme [les] dépôts en caisse d'épargne [les] dépôts d'épargne ou à terme dans les banques [sont] réunis sous les vocables de quasi-monnaie [...]. [Ils] ne constituent pas de la monnaie, mais en sont très voisins [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

Referencia a ciertos depósitos bancarios, a plazo, que no son de liquidez inmediata, pero que suponen una segunda línea de disponibilidad en cuanto a medios de pago a disposición del público.

Key term(s)
  • cuasi dinero
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