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In June 2017 the Federal Reserve announced an increase in the target Fed Funds rate.  The stock...

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.  

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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.

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