Which function of money is highlighted when we say: ‘It helps to measure the value of goods and services?
Which function of money is highlighted when we say: ‘It helps to measure the value of goods and services?
(a) Medium of exchange
(b) Standard of deferred payments
(c) Measure of value
(d) Store of value
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Ans – (c)
Explanation:-
Money as a measure of value means that money works as a common denomination, in which values of all goods and services are expressed.
1. By reducing the value of all goods and services to a single unit (i.e., price), it becomes very easy to find out the exchange ratios between them and comparing their prices.
This function facilitates the maintenance of business accounts, which would be otherwise impossible.
Money helps in calculating relative prices of goods and services. Due to this reason, it is regarded as a ‘Unit of Account’.
For instance, ‘Rupee (₹) is the unit of account in India, ‘Pound in England and so on.
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