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22 May, 10:21

Suppose you've just inherited $10,000 from a relative. You're trying to decide whether to put the $10,000 in a non-interest-bearing checking account so that you can use it whenever you want (that is, hold it as money), or to use it to buy a U. S. Treasury bond. Suppose the interest rate on the bond is 5% per year.

a) What would be the opportunity cost of holding the $10,000 as money?

b) Suppose the interest rate fell to 2% per year. What would happen to the opportunity cost of holding the $10,000 as money?

c) What does this previous analysis suggest about the market for money?

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  1. 22 May, 10:43
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    a) What would be the opportunity cost of holding the $10,000 as money?

    To find the answer, we use the future value of an investment formula to find the value of the investment in the treasury bond.

    FV = PV (1 + i) ^n

    Where:

    FV = future value PV = present value i = interest rate n = number of compounding periods

    Now, we simply replace the values into the formula:

    FV = 10,000 (1 + 0.05) ^1

    FV = 10,500

    The opportunity cost is the $500 in interest that you would receive if you bought the treasury bond.

    b) Suppose the interest rate fell to 2% per year. What would happen to the opportunity cost of holding the $10,000 as money?

    We use the same formula to find the answer:

    FV = 10,000 (1 + 0.02) ^1

    FV = 10,200

    The new opportunity cost is $200, so the opportunity cost would fall by $300.

    c) What does this previous analysis suggest about the market for money?

    Because money loses value in time due to inflation, it's always best to save the cash in an interest-bearing account, because the interest earned offsets the lose of value.
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