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Unit 4: Money and Monetary Policy

Unit 4: Money and Monetary Policy. 1. The Money Market (Supply and Demand for Money). 2. Interest Rates are important. Way to protect our money from the effects of inflation

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Unit 4: Money and Monetary Policy

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  1. Unit 4: Money and Monetary Policy 1

  2. The Money Market(Supply and Demand for Money) 2

  3. Interest Rates are important • Way to protect our money from the effects of inflation • Opportunity cost for holding money (keeping money in our wallets) is the interest your money would have earned if you put it in the bank. • Interest rates that banks pay you for your deposits are related to the interest rates that banks charge when they loan money out. • When we look at the relationship between the demand for money and interest rate we are looking at short-term rates

  4. The Demand for Money • At any given time, people demand a certain amount of liquid assets (money) for everyday purchases • The Demand for money shows an inverse relationship between nominal interest rates and the quantity of money demanded • 1. What happens to the quantity demanded of money when interest rates increase? • Quantity demanded falls because individuals would prefer to have interest earning assets instead • 2. What happens to the quantity demanded when interest rates decrease? • Quantity demanded increases. There is no incentive to convert cash into interest earning assets 5

  5. The Demand for Money Inverse relationship between interest rates and the quantity of money demanded Nominal Interest Rate (ir) 20% 5% 2% 0 DMoney Quantity of Money (billions of dollars)

  6. The Demand for Money What happens if price level increase? • Money Demand Shifters • Changes in price level • Changes in income/ Changes in Real GDP • Changes in taxation that affects investment • Changes in banking technology (ATMs) • Changes in banking institutions (interest on checking) Nominal Interest Rate (ir) 20% 5% 2% 0 DMoney1 DMoney Quantity of Money (billions of dollars) 7

  7. The Supply for Money The U.S. Money Supply is set by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FED) Interest Rate (ir) SMoney The FED is a nonpartisan government office that sets and adjusts the money supply to adjust the economy This is called Monetary Policy. 20% 5% 2% DMoney Quantity of Money (billions of dollars) 200

  8. Supply and Demand is important • The equilibrium interest rate is determined by the supply and demand for money • This is called the liquidity preference model of the interest rate

  9. Monetary Policy When the FED adjusts the money supply to achieve the macroeconomic goals 10

  10. Increasing the Money Supply Interest Rate (ir) SM SM1 If the FED increases the money supply, a temporary surplus of money will occur at 5% interest. The surplus will cause the interest rate to fall to 2% 10% 5% 2% How does this affect AD? DM 250 200 Quantity of Money (billions of dollars) Increase money supply Decreases interest rate Increases investment Increases AD

  11. Decreasing the Money Supply Interest Rate (ir) SM1 SM If the FED decreases the money supply, a temporary shortage of money will occur at 5% interest. The shortage will cause the interest rate to rise to 10% 10% 5% 2% How does this affect AD? DM 150 200 Quantity of Money (billions of dollars) Decrease money supply Increase interest rate Decrease investment Decrease AD 12

  12. 2007B Practice FRQ (Do a. and b. only) 14

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