The Role of Financial Intermediation in National Wealth
In a closed economy, a household's bank deposit is considered a personal asset, while for the bank, that same deposit is a liability. When economists calculate the total wealth of the nation, they find that such financial assets and liabilities cancel each other out. Explain why this cancellation occurs at the macroeconomic level and what this reveals about the fundamental composition of a nation's wealth.
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An economist proposes that to calculate a nation's total wealth, one should sum the market value of all productive assets (e.g., factories, equipment) with the total market value of all financial instruments (e.g., stocks, bonds) that represent ownership or claims on those assets. Which of the following statements best evaluates the economist's proposed method?
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A sharp increase in the total market value of all stocks and bonds within a closed economy, without any change in the country's productive assets (like factories and land), represents a genuine increase in that nation's aggregate wealth.
The Role of Financial Intermediation in National Wealth