Functions of Money
Functions of money are classified
into Primary or Main functions, Secondary functions and Contingent functions.
Primary or main functions
The important functions of money
performed in every economy are classified under main functions:-
i. Medium of exchange or means of payment
Money is used to buy the goods and
services.
ii. Measure of value
The values of all the goods and
services are expressed in terms of money. It is easier to determine the rate of
exchange between various type of goods and services.
Secondary functions
The three important secondary
functions are
i. Standard of deferred payment
Money helps the future payments too.
A borrower borrowing money today places himself under an obligation to pay a
specified sum of money on some specified future date.
ii. Store of value or store of purchasing power
Savings were discouraged under
barter system as some commodities are perishable. The introduction of money has
helped to save it for future as it is not perishable.
iii. Transfer of value or transfer of
purchasing power
Money makes the exchange of goods to
distant places as well as abroad possible. It was therefore felt necessary to
transfer purchasing power from one place to another.
Contingent functions
i. Basis of credit
ii. Increase productivity of capital
iii. Measurement and Distribution of
National Income
Hots : If there is no
invention of money - imagine.
Answer: Money is one of the most fundamental inventions of mankind.
“Every branch of knowledge has its fundamental discover”. In mechanics, it is
the wheel, in science fire, in politics the vote. Similarly in economics, in
the whole commercial side of Man’s social existence, money is the essential
invention on which all the rest is based.
Inflation and Deflation
Inflation refers to
the prices are rising, the value of money will fall. Deflation refers to the
prices are falling, the value of money will rise.
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