The following graph represents the money market in a hypothetical economy. As in the United States, this economy has a central bank called the Fed, but unlike in the United States, the economy is closed (that is, the economy does not interact with other economies in the world). The money market is currently in equilibrium at an interest rate of 5% and a quantity of money equal to $0.4 trillion, as indicated by the grey star. INTEREST RATE (Percent) 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 0 Money Demand 0.1 0.2 Money Supply 0.3 04 0.5 0.6 MONEY (Trillions of dollars) 0.7 0.8 New MS Curve New Equilibrium Suppose the Fed announces that it is lowering its target interest rate by 25 basis points, or 0.25 percentage point. To do this, the Fed will use open- market operations to money by the public. the

The Fed has conducted expansionary monetary policy to combat a recession but is running up against the zero lower bound, and the economy is still not recovering. What other steps could the government take to try to stabilize the economy? Steps the government could take to stabilize the economy increase government spending raise real interest rates lower taxes increase transfer payments Steps the government should not or cannot take to stabilize the economy Answer Bank decrease government spending raise taxes lower real interest rates decrease transfer payments

6. Changes in the money supply The following graph represents the money market for some hypothetical economy. This economy is similar to the United States in the sense that it has a central bank called the Fed, but a major difference is that this economy is closed (and therefore does not have any interaction with other world economies). The money market is currently in equilibrium at an interest rate of 3.5% and a quantity of money equal to $0.4 trillion, designated on the graph by the grey star symbol. INTEREST RATE (Percent) 5.5 5.0 New MS Curve Money Demand 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 0 0.1 0.2 Money Supply 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 MONEY (Trillions of dollars) New Equilibrium (?) Suppose the Fed announces that it is raising its target interest rate by 50 basis points, or 0.5 percentage points. To do this, the Fed will use open- market operations to the money by the public. Use the green line (triangle symbol) on the previous graph to illustrate the effects of this policy by placing…

2. The theory of liquidity preference and the downward-slopingaggregate demand curve The following graph shows the money market in a hypothetical economy. The central bank in this economy is called the Fed. Assume that the Fed fixes the quantity of money supplied. Suppose the price level decreases from 90 to 75. Shift the appropriate curve on the graph to show the impact of a decrease in the overall price level on the market for money. 12 Money Supply 10 Money Demand Money Supply MD1 2 MD2 10 20 30 40 50 60 MONEY (Billions of dollars) INTEREST RATE (Percent)

Part 1: Which of the following Fed actions will increase bank lending?         Select one or more answers from the choices shown. The Fed raises the discount rate from 5 percent to 6 percent. The Fed raises the reserve ratio from 10 percent to 11 percent. The Fed buys $400 million worth of Treasury bonds from commercial banks. The Fed lowers the discount rate from 4 percent to 2 percent. (Helpful info)Note that Fed sets a discount rate that it charges to banks for short-term loans, which then contributes to the rate that the banks charge customers on their loans. While the Fed has the ability to issue Federal Reserve Notes, the paper currency used in the U.S. monetary system, they do not print the money. That task is still performed by the U.S. Mint. After the financial crisis of 2007-2008, Congress increased the Fed’s supervisory powers.   Part 2: Describe tools that the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve use to undertake restrictive monetary policy today (versus before the…

Scenario 2 Suppose the money demand is given by MdYx (0.4 - i) = where i is the interest rate. Suppose income Y totals 250. 9. Refer to Scenario 2. If the money supply is M³ = 25, what is the equilibrium interest rate? 10. Refer to Scenario 2. Suppose the Federal Reserve just met and decided they would like to decrease the interest rate by 4 percentage points (compared to the equilibrium rate you found in the previous question). What kind of monetary policy should it use, and what would the money supply have to equal to achieve that goal? (Your answer should be two items: first is expansion or contraction, the second is the actual amount the money supply should be.)

Use the information in the following table to answer the next question. In the table, investment is in billions.   (1) Interest Rate (2) Investment (billions of dollars) (3) Investment (billions of dollars) 4% $100 $80 5 90 70 6 80 60 7 70 50 8 60 40   Suppose the Fed increases the interest rate from 5 percent to 6 percent. As a result of this increase in the interest rate, using column (2) investment will   Multiple Choice   increase by $20 billion.   decrease by $10 billion.   increase by $10 billion.   decrease by $20 billion.

Show the impact of the increase in government purchases on the interest rate by shifting one or both of the curves on the following graph. INTEREST RATE 12 10 8 2 0 0 20 Money Supply known as the Money Demand 40 60 80 MONEY (Billions of dollars) 100 120 = Money Demand Money Supply ? Suppose that for every increase in the interest rate of one percentage point, the level of investment spending declines by $0.5 billion. Based on the changes made to the money market in the previous scenario, the new interest rate causes the level of investment spending to by Taking the multiplier effect into account, the change in investment spending will cause the quantity of output demanded to by at every price level. The impact of an increase in government purchases on the interest rate and the level of investment spending is effect. Use the purple line (diamond symbol) on the graph at the beginning of this problem to show the aggregate demand curve (AD3) after accounting for the impact of the increase…

Briefly explain with the aid of two diagrams: one showing the money market and the second the Treasury bill market, how a Central bank conducts an expansionary open market operation in the money market. In your exposition, be careful to make clear the implications of the operation for the price of Treasury bills and the short-term rate of interest.

Suppose that, in an attempt to combat severe unemployment, the government decides to increase the amount of money in circulation in the economy. This monetary policy action  ________(Decreases, Increases) demand for goods and services in the economy, leading to ________(Higher, Lower) prices for products. In the short run, the change in prices induces firms to produce ________(Fewer, morer) goods and services. This, in turn, leads to a ___________(Higher, Lower) unemployment level. Based on this analysis, the economy faces the following trade-off between inflation and unemployment: Higher inflation leads to _________(Higher, Lower) unemployment.