In June 2017 the Federal Reserve announced an increase in the target Fed Funds rate. The stock market responded positively to this announcement. Explain these results using the supply and demand of loanable funds framework.
Higher Fed funds rate will decrease the demand for loanable funds (since cost of borrowing will be higher) and increase the supply of loanable funds (since savers will get higher return). As a result, demand curve for loanable funds will shift left, decreasing interest rate and decreasing quantity of loanable funds. At the same time, supply curve for loanable funds will shift right, decreasing interest rate and increasing quantity of loanable funds. The net effect is a definite decrease in interest rate, but effect on quantity is indeterminate.
In following graph, D0 and S0 are initial demand and supply curves of loanable funds, intersecting at point A with initial interest rate r0 and quantity of loanable funds Q0. As D0 shifts left to D1 and S0 shifts right to S1, they intersect at point B with lower interest rate r1 and new quantity of loanable funds Q1.
In June 2017 the Federal Reserve announced an increase in the target Fed Funds rate. The stock...
On March 15, 2017, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet L. Yellen announced the Federal Reserve was raising its benchmark rate (the federal funds rate) by a quarter of a percentage point (to a range of 0.75-1.00 percent). This was the third time the Fed has raised rates after the Great Recession. Image result for fed will raise rates Consider the aggregate demand-aggregate supply diagram below, which represents the macroeconomy. Suppose the market is initially at an equilibrium at point A. What...
On March 15, 2017, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet L. Yellen announced the Federal Reserve was raising its benchmark rate (the federal funds rate) by a quarter of a percentage point (to a range of 0.75-1.00 percent). This was the third time the Fed has raised rates after the Great Recession. Consider the market for money illustrated in the figure below. Assume the market initially just prior to March 15, 2017) is in equilibrium at point A. Describe the effects of...
8. Federal funds rate targeting Aa Aa In conducting monetary policy, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) targets a Federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York uses open-market operations to achieve and maintain the target rate. Suppose that the following graph shows the demand for Federal funds. Use the orange line (square symbols) to plot the supply of Federal funds (also called "the supply of excess reserves") when the FOMC targets a Federal funds rate of...
Describe how the Fed’s (the F.O.M.C’s-Federal Open Market Committee) manipulation of the fed funds target rate, the overnight rate that Federal Reserve member financial intermediaries lend reserves to one another, affects the overall money supply (M1* = Currency in Circulation [C] plus Checkable Deposits [D]). Additionally, which monetary policy stabilization prescriptions would you recommend given that in short run, when wages and prices are sticky/rigid, the economy is running well below fully utilizing all of its factors of production?
What happens to the fed funds rate when the Fed increases the reserve requirements? Draw the graph and explain what happens to the federal funds rate.
In 2018, the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank for the U.S., raised the Federal Funds Rate three times from 1.0% in 2017 to 2.20% in November of 2018. The Fed is likely to continue increasing interest rates in 2019 and 2020. (1) What effect is a higher Federal Funds Rate likely to have on the number of loans banks make, on consumption and on investment? Explain why. (2) Why is the Fed raising interest rates now? Explain how the current...
If the Federal Reserve Bank purchases a large stock of bonds, what happens to money supply? Explain. Use the money market diagram (money demand-money supply diagram) to illustrate the effects of such an intervention on the equilibrium interest rate. Why does the interest rate change (increase or decrease) following the bond purchase by the Fed?
During a period of recession the Federal Reserve 1. increases the target federal funds rate 2. buys government securities 3. sells government securities 4. lowers the target federal funds rate
If the Fed has an interest-rate target, why will an increase in the demand for reserves lead to a rise in the money supply? Use a graph of the market for reserves to explain.
The Federal Reserve issues a report indicating that future inflation will increase from 3% to 4%. As a result... A) the demand for loanable funds shifts right. B) the supply curve for bonds shifts left. C) the equilibrium interest rate falls. D) the equilibrium price of bonds rises.