EC140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, Core Inflation, Canadian Dollar

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In general, any central bank has two options for implementing its monetary policy: it can choose to target the money supply or it can choose to target the interest rate. For a given md curve, it cannot target both independently. If it chooses to target the money supply, monetary equilibrium will determine the interest rate. If it chooses to target the interest rate, the money supply must adjust to accommodate the movement along the md curve. The bank of canada could attempt to shift the ms curve directly by changing the amount of currency in circulation in the economy. It could do this by buying or selling government securities in the financial markets. Because the money supply is the sum of currency and deposits, this means that the. Bank can influence the money supply but cannot control it: the uncertainty regarding the slope of the md curve.

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As we observed in this chapter, central banks, rather than purposefully setting the level of the money supply, usually set a target level for a short-term interest rate by standing ready to lend or borrow whatever money people wish to hold at that interest rate. (When people need more money for a reason other than a change in the interest rate, the money supply therefore expands, and it contracts when they wish to hold less.)

A. Describe the problems that might arise if a central bank sets monetary policy by holding the market interest rate constant. (First, consider the flexible-price case, and ask yourself if you can find a unique equilibrium price level when the central bank simply gives people all the money they wish to hold at the pegged interest rate. Then consider the sticky-price case.)

B. Does the situation change if the central bank raises the interest rate when prices are high, according to a formula such as R - R₀= a(P - P₀), where a is a positive constant and P₀a target price level?

C.Suppose the central bankâs policy rule is R - R₀= a(P - P₀) + u, where u is a random movement in the policy interest rate. In the overshooting model shown in Figure 15-12, describe how the economy would adjust to a permanent one-time unexpected fall in the random factor u, and say why. You can interpret the fall in u as an interest rate cut by the central bank, and therefore as an expansionary monetary action.

Which of the following can help to explain why higher inflation may lead to currency appreciations?

(a) The interest rate is not the prime target of monetary policy.

(b) Most central banks adjust their policy interest rates expressly so as to keep inflation in check.

(d) Inflation will increase the purchasing power of a currency.

(e) The world market does not adjust their currency trade to reflect inflation

13. As we observed in this chapter, central banks, rather than purposefully setting the level of the money supply, usually set a target level for a short-term interest rate by standing ready to lend or borrow whatever money people wish to hold at that interest rate. (When people need more money for a reason other than a change in $4,010 $570.3 $641.0 CHAPTER 15 Money, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates 383 the interest rate, the money supply therefore expands, and it contracts when they wish to hold less.) a. Describe the problems that might arise if a central bank sets monetary policy by holding the market interest rate constant. (First, consider the flexible-price case, and ask yourself if you can find a unique equilibrium price level when the central bank simply gives people all the money they wish to hold at the pegged interest rate. Then consider the sticky-price case.) b. Does the situation change if the central bank raises the interest rate when prices are high, according to a formula such as where a is a positive constant and a target price level? c. Suppose the central bankâs policy rule is where u is a random movement in the policy interest rate. In the overshooting model shown in Figure 15-12, describe how the economy would adjust to a permanent one-time unexpected fall in the random factor u, and say why. You can interpret the fall in u as an interest rate cut by the central bank, and therefore as an expansionary monetary action. Compare your story with the one depicted in Figure 15-13. Figure 15-12: http://gyazo.com/3d32377d42b5c9584e17b3c5e40aafaa

Figure 15-13: http://gyazo.com/1fa467e253e320f61da17532fa8d2b58

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