ECON 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Open Market Operation, Loanable Funds, Monetary Policy

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25 Dec 2018

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GSU

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Economics

Course

ECON 2105

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Develyn Michelle Smith

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Increases by changes in resources, technology, or institutions, not changes in the money. Printing money has no effect on long-run productivity. Money supply doesn"t affect real economic variables in the long run. Treasury securities are part of the loanable funds market. The price in the loanable funds market is an interest rate. In the short run, increases in ad increase output and lower the unemployment rate. Firms can get loans more cheaply and then hire more workers. Real employment and real output expand as a result of simply increasing the money. Raises the price level as flexible prices increase. Monetary policy does not affect real gdp or unemployment. The only effect will be on the price level, a nominal variable. Resource suppliers who are contracted to sell goods at a given price. If inflation is higher than expected are hurt by tomorrow"s unexpected inflation. If inflation is lower than expected, are hurt by tomorrow"s unexpectedly low inflation.

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1. Which of the following is likely to happen if the Fed buys Treasury securities from banks?

interest rate rises; investment falls

interest rate rises; investment rises

interest rate falls; investment rises

interest rate falls; investment falls

2. The main goal of monetary policy is to shift

3. Which of the following is true regarding the effects of an expansionary monetary policy?

Printing more money will affect real GDP only in the short run because all prices do not adjust fully in the short run.

Printing more money will affect real GDP both in the short and long run because inflation is a natural occurrence of expansionary monetary policy.

Printing more money will not lower the value of money in the short run because prices are fully flexible in the short run.

Printing more money will ultimately raise the value of money in the long run because prices are fully flexible in the long run.

4. In which of the following cases are you likely to be adversely affected by unexpected inflation?

You, the owner of a local restaurant, charge the price of lamb lasagna as per the daily market rate of lamb.

You purchase Mountain Dew every day from the dormitory vending machine, which keeps its prices fixed for the entire school year.

You, the owner of an airline company, sign a two-year contract for airline fuel.

You deposit $10,000 in a bank account for 5 years for a fixed interest rate of 1%.

5. The Phillips curve depicts the relation between

real GDP and price level.

price level and inflation rate.

unemployment rate and inflation rate.

unemployment rate and real GDP.

6. Which of the following statements is true regarding the shapes of short-run and long-run Phillips curves?

The short-run Phillips curve is vertical and the long-run Phillips curve is downward sloping.

The short-run Phillips curve is downward sloping and the long-run Phillips curve is vertical.

Both the short-run and long-run Phillips curves are downward sloping.

Both the short-run and long-run Phillips curves are vertical.

7. Suppose the table below lists the actual annual inflation rates for 2010 to 2015. What would be the most likely predictions people make about the inflation rate for 2016 based on adaptive and rational expectations theories, respectively?

Year	Actual Inflation rate
2010	0%
2011	0%
2012	3%
2013	3%
2014	6%
2015	6%

8. Which of the following can change relatively quickly in the short-run?

the price of a latte in a coffee shop

the salary of a finance professor

the rent paid for a store

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Problem Set 5

Complete all questions listed below. Clearly label your answers.

1. What impact will an unanticipated increase in the money supply have on the real interest rate, real output, and employment in the short run? How will expansionary monetary policy affect these factors in the long run? Explain.

2. How rapidly has the money supply (M1) grown during the past twelve months? State the rate of growth (use http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/) and the most recent release, use the seasonally adjusted figures. Calculate the rate of growth across the year by taking the (new amount of M1- old amount of M1)/old amount of M1). Given the state of the economy, should monetary authorities increase or decrease the growth rate of money? Explain why.

3. Is stability in the general level of prices through time important? Why or why not? Should price stability be the goal of monetary policy? Explain your responses.

4. Compare and contrast the impact of an unexpected shift to a more expansionary monetary policy under rational and adaptive expectations. Are the implications of the two theories different in the short run? Are the long-run implications different? Explain.

A) Assume that the long-run aggregate supply curve is vertical at Y = 3,000 while the short-run aggregate supply curve is horizontal at P = $1.0. The aggregate demand curve is Y = 2(M/P) and M = 1,500.

i) If the economy is initially in long-run equilibrium, what are the values of P and Y?

ii) What is the velocity of money in this economy?

iii) If M increases to 2,000, what are the new short-run values of P and Y?

iv) Once the economy adjusts to long-run equilibrium at M = 2,000, what are P and Y?

B) Assume that the long-run aggregate supply curve is vertical at Y = 3,000 while the short-run aggregate supply curve is horizontal at P = $1.0. The aggregate demand curve is Y = 3(M/P) and M = 1,000.

i) Suppose a supply shock moves the short-run aggregate supply curve to P=$1.5. What are the new short-run P and Y? What will be the new long-run P and Y?

ii) Suppose that immediately after the supply shock the Federal Reserve Bank wanted to hold output at its long-run level. What level of M would be required? If this level of M were maintained, what would be long-run equilibrium P and Y?

C) Use the aggregate demand/aggregate supply model to illustrate graphically the impact in the short run and the long run of the following changes. (Be sure to label: i. the axes; ii. the curves; iii. the initial equilibrium values; iv. the direction the curves shift; v. the short-run equilibrium values; and vi. the long-run equilibrium values). Also, state what happens to prices and output in the short run and the long run.

i) The Federal Reserve Bank engages in expansionary monetary policy.

ii) Climate change causes reduced food production.

iii) Labor unions are banned.

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