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UK's Current fiscal and monetary policy, it doesn't have to be too long, I just need some helpful sources and several notable points, thx
The monetary policy in US is regulated by Federal Reserve.Fed is
adhering to the statutory mandate of maximum employment and stable
prices .Fed has set the long run inflation goal at 2%.The fed fund
rates are also set by the Federal reserve bank.Fed rate is the rate
at which the various financial institutions borrow and lend
reserves on an overnight basis.Current targeted fund rate is
0.00-0.25.The target is attained by the Fed through open market
operations. The federal fund rate was reduced to 0.25 from
5.25%.
Fed also influences the interest rates.United state have lowered
the interest rates by 1percentage points .It was reduced to 0%.The
Fed has reduced the Fed rates to increase the credit inflow of
credit to consumers and business.Thus Fed is following an
expansionary monetary policy.The Fed through Quantitative Easing
provided extra stimulus eventhough the federal fund rate was at
zero lower bound.When Fed decreases the interest rates there will
be more investment taking place and there will is more supply of
money in the economy.The repo rates and reverse reporates are the
major tools of monetary policy for setting interest rates
permanently.
US also follows an expansionary fiscal policy along with the
expansionary monetary policy.The government is spending more .