6. Explain why the money supply could not be considered a policy
variable in our open-economy...
6. Explain why the money supply could not be considered a policy
variable in our open-economy macro model under fixed exchange
rates, but it can under floating exchange rates.
What is money and why is it important to our economy?
Are savings accounts money? Explain.
Is U.S. currency backed by gold or anything else? Why do people
work hard to get it?
What is the primary role of our banking system?
Explain how banks can create money.
Describe the structure and roles of the Federal Reserve.
What is money and why is it important to our economy?
Are savings accounts money? Explain.
Is U.S. currency backed by gold or anything else? Why do people
work hard to get it?
What is the primary role of our banking system?
Explain how banks can create money.
Describe the structure and roles of the Federal Reserve.
Monetary policy focuses on adjusting the supply of money in the
economy to manage inflation and unemployment. However, it is not
without it's limitations. One of the limits is that by reducing
interest rates, the FED seeks to stimulate borrowing and thus
purchasing. However, is there a lower limit where if rate goes down
any lower people don't borrow any additional money to buy things?
Some countries have reached interest rates of zero (Japan and
Finland) and even taken them...
Explain why an expansionary fiscal policy is effective for a
small open economy with fixed exchange rate.Explain why an expansionary fiscal policy is not effective for a
small open economy with flexible exchange rate.
2. Consider an open economy where the monetary authorities
increase the money supply.
a) What are the instruments available for the Bank of Canada to
conduct Monetary Policy? Discuss each of these in context and the
practical applications thereof.
b) Explain how targeting the money supply and targeting the
overnight rate work in practice. Why does the Bank of Canada prefer
targeting the overnight rate?
c) Using an appropriate graphical representation, describe the
monetary transmission mechanism as it pertains to...
Question Set 6: Effectiveness of Monetary and Fiscal Policy in
an Open Economy
Respond to and answer the following prompts and questions:
Why does monetary policy have a greater effect on aggregate
demand in an open economy than in a closed economy?
Why does fiscal policy have a smaller effect on aggregate demand
in an open economy than in a closed economy?
Assume our macroeconomic goals now include price level
stability, full employment, economic growth, and exchange rate
stability.
Assume...
What happens to the money supply and the economy when the
following monetary policy actions are taken:
Reserve Requirements are increased?
Reserve Requirements are decreased?
The Fed sells bonds? (also called quantitative tightening)
The Fed buys bonds? (also called quantitative easing)
Discount rate increases?
Discount rate decreases?
3. Explain why an expansionary monetary policy is not useful for
a small open economy with fixed exchange rate.4.Explain why an expansionary monetary policy is effective for a
small open economy with flexible exchange rate.