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根据以下材料回答题 Everycountrywithamonetarysystemofitsownhastohavesomekindofmarketinwhichdealersinbills,notes,andotherformsofshorttermcreditcanbuyandsell．The"moneymarket"isasetofinstitutionsorarrangementsforhandlingwhatmightbecalledwholesaletransactionsinmoneyandshorttermcredit．Theneedforsuchfacilitiesarisesinmuchthesamewaythatasimilarneeddoesinconnectionwiththedistributionofanyoftheproductsofadiversifiedeconomytotheirfinalusersattheretaillevel．Iftheretaileristoprovidereasonablyadequateservicetohiscus-tomers,hemusthaveactivecontactswithotherswhospecializeinmakingorhandlingbulkquanti-tiesofwhateverishisstockintrade．Themoneymarketismadeupofspecializedfacilitiesofex-actlythiskind．Itexistsforthepurposeofimprovingtheabilityoftheretailersoffinancialserv-ices-commercialbanks,savingsinstitutions,investmenthouses,lendingagencies,andevengov-ernments-todotheirjobs．Ithaslittleifanycontactwiththeindividualsorfirmswhomaintainaccountswiththesevariousretailersorpurchasetheirsecuritiesorborrowfromthem．
Theelementalfunctionsofamoneymarketmustbeperformedinanykindofmodernecono-my,evenonethatislargelyplannedorsocialist,butthearrangementsinsocialistcountriesdonotordinarilytaketheformofamarket．Moneymarketsexistincountriesthatusemarketprocessesratherthanplannedallocationstodistributemostoftheirprimaryresourcesamongalternativeuses．
Thegeneraldistinguishingfeatureofamoneymarketisthatitreliesuponopencompetitionamongthosewhoarebulksuppliersoffundsatanyparticulartimeandamongthoseseekingbulkfunds,toworkoutthebestpracticabledistributionoftheexistingtotalvolumeofsuchfunds．
Intheirmarkettransactions,thosewithbulksuppliesoffundsordemandsforthem,relyongroupsofintermediarieswhoactasbrokersordealers．Thecharacteristicsofthesemiddlemen,theservicestheyperform,andtheirrelationshiptootherpartsofthefinancialvarywidelyfromcountrytocountry．Inmanycountriesthereisnosinglemeetingplacewherethemiddlemengettogether,yetinmostcountriesthecontactsamongallparticipantsaresufficientlyopenandfreetoassureeachsupplieroruseroffundsthathewillgetorpayapricethatfairlyreflectsalloftheinfluences(in-cludinghisown)thatarecurrentlyaffectingthewholesupplyandthewholedemand．Innearlyallcases,moreover,theunifyingforceofcompetitionisreflectedatanygivenmomentinacommonprice(thatis,rateofinterest)forsimilartransactions．Continuousfluctuationsinthemoneymar-ketratesofinterestresultfromchangesinthepressureofavailablesuppliesoffundsuponthemar-ketandinthepullofcurrentdemandsuponthemarket．
Thefirstparagraphismainlyabout A．thedefinitionofmoneymarket．
B．theconstitutionofamoneymarket．
C．thebasicfunctionsofamoneymarket．
D．thegeneralfeatureofamoneymarket．
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