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transactions, by all parties, regardless of whether they desire
each-others” goods and services.
Store of value.
Money must hold its value over time; that is it must be a
store of value. As a store of value is not unique and even is not
the best one because it depreciates with inflation.
However, money is more liquid than most other stores of
value because as the medium of exchange, it is readely
accepted everywhere. Furthermore, money is an easily
transported store of value that is avaliable in a number of
convenient denominations.
Unit of account. Money also functions as a unit of
account , providing a common measure of the value of goods
and services being exchanged. Knowing the value of price of a
good, in terms of money,enables both the supplier and the
purchaser of the good to make decisions about how much of the
good to supply and how much of the good to purchase.
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