Money Market And Its InstrumentsQ. What is Money Market?
Ans-Money market is a market in which short term funds having tenure of less than one year are borrowed and lent. It constitutes a major
source of working capital finance.key words
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KEY WORDS TO REMEMBER-" short term " u can also remember it as "Short term memory loss")
Q. "Nature of Money Market can be explained with the help of its features." state any three such features of money market.
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Outline the features of the Money Market.
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KEY WORDS TO REMEMBER-"
DIIL PAR FOCUS" where D- Duration, I- instrument,I-Investment outlay,L-Liquidity,PAR- Participants, and last one is focus)
The features of money market are as follows-
- Duration-Money market deals with the short term instruments which have duration up to one year.
- Instruments-Instruments like commercial papers, certificate of deposit, Treasury bills,Trade bills etc .are bought and sold in money market.
- Investment outlay- money market requires huge investment outlays on the part of its participants.
- Liquidity-money market instruments have high liquidity because these instruments are shorter duration and have ready market provided by discount finance house of India.
- Participants- participants of money market are big financial institutions like RBI, commercial banks, Financial institutions, finance companies etc.
- Focus-It focuses on meeting short term financial needs. money markets are major source of working capital
Q.Name the Instruments of Money Market.
Ans- (KEY WORDS TO REMEMBER-(2T3C) Where 2T means , T- Treasury Bill,T-Trade Bill, 3C- means ,C- commercial paper, C-Certificate of Deposit, C- Call money )
Treasury bill – A treasury bill is basically an instrument of short term borrowing by the government of India maturing in less than one year. They are also known as zero coupon bonds issued by the reserve bank of India on behalf of the central government to meet its short term requirement of funds. These bills are issued in the form of promissory note. They are highly liquid and have assured yield and negligible risk of default. They are issued at a price which is lower than their face value and repaid at par.
Trade Bill- a trade bill is a bill of exchange used to finance the working capital requirements of business firms. It is a short term negotiable instrument which is used to finance the credit sales of firms. These have short term maturity period generally 90 days and can be discounted with bank even before the maturity period.
Commercial papers-it is a short term unsecured promissory note , negotiable and transferable by endorsement and delivery with a fixed maturity period it is issued by a large and creditworthy companies to raise short term funds at a lower rates of interest than market rates. It usually has a maturity period of 15 days to one year. The issuance of commercial paper is an alternative to bank borrowing for large companies that are generally considered to be financially strong. It is sold at discount and redeemed at par.
Call money- call money is short term finance repayable on with a maturity period of one day to fifteen days, used for inter-bank transactions. Commercial banks have to maintain a minimum cash balance known as cash reserve ratio. call money is a method by which banks borrow from each other to be able to maintain the CRR. The interest rate paid on call money loans is known as the call rate. It is highly volatile rate that varies from day to day and sometimes even from hour to hour.
Certificate of deposit-these are a kind of fixed deposit or time deposit which can be issued by banks only. They are unsecured , negotiable, short term instrument in bearer form. Certificate of deposits can be issued to individuals, corporations and companies with a fixed maturity period which varies from 3 months to 12 months.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS OUT OF TOPIC
Q.Who can issue "certificate of Deposit"?
ans- It can be issued by commercial banks and developmental institutions.
Q.Name the two types of promissory notes traded in money market?
ans- Treasury bills and Trade bills.
Q. what is the duration for which money market instruments are issued?
ans- for less than one year.
Q. Which instrument is used by banks to maintain its cash reserve ratio?
ans- call money.
Q. What is call rate?
Q.Explain the term "certificate of Deposit".
Q. what are the features of a commercial paper?
ans- main features are-
# it is unseured promissory note and issued by credit worthy firms.
#It is issued for a period of 3 months to 12 months.
#It satisfies the working capital needs of the firms.
Q. Explain the term liquidity?
Q. what are commercial papers?
Q. Name the instruments of money market.