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Describe in only a few sentences the central idea behind monetary policy.
Answer -
Monetary policy is adopted by monetary authority of the country to
control interest rates and money supply of the country. It is also
useful in controlling the inflation and maintaining stability in
prices of goods and services in the country. There are two basic
criteria of monetary policy i.e.expansionsry and contractionary
monetary policy.
In expansionary monetary policy there is an increase in money
supply and reduction in interest rates for Increase in demand for
goods and services.It is adopted for increase or boost the economic
activities.
In contractionary policy money supply decreses for controlling
inflation in the country and motivated to people for more
savings.
Three instruments of monetary policy includes open market
oprations,reserve requirement and discount rate.All these three
instruments used by monetary authority according to the requirement
of different conditions of the economy.