Discuss the goals of expansionary and contractionary monetary policies used by the Federal Reserve Bank and the approaches (called monetary policy tools) used to achieve each policy. Also, discuss the effect of each policy on GDP, price level, private investment (investment in capital acquisition by firms and housing by households), and net trade.
Discuss the goals of expansionary and contractionary monetary policies used by the Federal Reserve Bank and...
WEEK 6: MONETARY POLICY AND FISCAL POLICY A healthy economy typically has low rates of unemployment and steady prices. Low rates of unemployment means that the economy is operating at its full potential. To ensure the economy continues to operate at potential GDP (full capacity where all savings are invested in production functions, and where all those who wish to work can find a job, and all other factors of production are fully utilized in the production function), governments use...
Can you explain how the Federal Reserve utilizes each of the four monetary policy tools to implement an expansionary monetary policy and contractionary monetary policy?
As the Federal Reserve responded to the recent housing crisis, its balance sheet: was halved in size in just a few months because of the TANF program and contractionary monetary policy. was reduced by a factor of 10 in just a few months because of the TARP program and contractionary monetary policy. more than tripled in size in just a few months because of the TARP program and expansionary monetary policy. more than doubled in size in just a few...
Please answer the following questions: 1) Identify the goals of monetary policy. 2) Explain the difference between expansionary and contractionary monetary policy? 3) Give examples of four tools of monetary policy to affect the money supply? 4) In the money market, what will happen to the Supply of money when the Federal Reserve bank buys back U.S. bonds? 5) In the money market, what will happen to the Supply of money when the Federal Reserve bank increases the discount rate?...
Let’s say the Federal Reserve buys $20 Billion in bonds from private banks: *Total reserve requirement = 0.10 x $1Trillion = $100 Billion What is the total amount (in $) of reserves that banks can lend? Using the simple deposit multiplier, how much additional money (M1) is created by this process? What will happen to the Federal Funds Rate, the prime rate, and other nominal interest rates in the economy? (Go up, down, stay the same?) Why? If the price...
1. List and explain the 3 tools of Federal Reserve Monetary Policy. 2. Explain how the Federal Reserve would use expansionary monetary policy to close a recessionary gap. Explain how the money supply, interest rate, investment spending, consumer spending, aggregate demand, real GDP, unemployment, and price level is affected. Illustrate this graphically below
What are the two main policy goals of the Federal Reserve and for which policy goal is contractionary monetary policy best used?
When would the Federal Reserve engage in contractionary monetary policy? a. never b. when inflation is high c. when unemployment is high d. when gdp is low
1. (10 points) Milton Friedman has pointed out that when expansionary fiscal policy is used to increase real GDP, some private investment will be crowded out. Expansionary monetary policy will usually increase real GDP, by increasing autonomous consumption expenditures and private investment will expansionary monetary policy have the same beneficial effect on autonomous consumption and private investment for a large country in a global economy? Analyze both the fixed and flexible exchange rate cases and explain why the BP line...
Question 16 The Federal Reserve uses a variety of monetary policy tools to achieve which of the following goal(s)? a bull market, new companies, and fair trade low unemployment, price stability and sustainable economic growth full employment, zero inflation and and a trade surplus high stock prices, rapid growth, and a trade surplus