Enduring Understanding (MEA-3): Money makes it possible to compare the value of goods and services, and interest rates provide a measure of the price of money that is borrowed or saved.
Learning Objective MEA-3.A: a. Define the principal attributes—liquidity, rate of return, and risk—associated with various classes of financial assets, including money. b. Explain the relationship between the price of previously issued bonds and interest rates.
- MEA-3.A.1 The most liquid forms of money are cash and demand deposits.
- MEA-3.A.2 Other financial assets people can hold in place of the most liquid forms of money include bonds (interest-bearing assets) and stocks (equity).
- MEA-3.A.3 The price of previously issued bonds and interest rates on bonds are inversely related.
- MEA-3.A.4 The opportunity cost of holding money is the interest that could have been earned from holding other financial assets such as bonds.
Pemahaman Abadi (MEA-3): Uang memungkinkan perbandingan nilai barang dan jasa, dan suku bunga menyediakan ukuran harga uang yang dipinjam atau ditabung.
Tujuan Pembelajaran MEA-3.A: a. Definisikan atribut utama—likuiditas, tingkat pengembalian, dan risiko—yang terkait dengan berbagai kelas aset keuangan, termasuk uang. b. Jelaskan hubungan antara harga surat utang yang telah diterbitkan sebelumnya dan suku bunga.
- MEA-3.A.1 Bentuk uang paling likuid adalah uang tunai dan deposit berbayar.
- MEA-3.A.2 Aset keuangan lain yang dapat dipegang masyarakat sebagai pengganti bentuk uang paling likuid meliputi surat utang (aset berbunga) dan saham (ekuitas).
- MEA-3.A.3 Harga surat utang yang telah diterbitkan sebelumnya dan suku bunga surat utang memiliki hubungan terbalik.
- MEA-3.A.4 Biaya peluang memegang uang adalah bunga yang bisa diperoleh dari memegang aset keuangan lain seperti surat utang.

