5) Toward the end of the Great Depression, the Fed raised the
reserve requirement. Explain how...
5) Toward the end of the Great Depression, the Fed raised the
reserve requirement. Explain how this exacerbated the Depression
while discussing the role of the banks in the national economy.
1. In discussing the Fed policy during the Great Depression Ben
Bernanke stated that the Fed:
a. failed on the monetary side but succeeded on the financial
stability side.
b. succeeded both with maintaining stable monetary policy and
enhancing financial stability.
c. succeeded on the monetary side but failed on the financial
stability side.
d. failed on both the monetary side and the financial stability
side.
2.
In the latter part of the nineteenth century (late 1800's) the
U.S. money...
The Fed learned some critical lessons from the Great Depression
about how to best respond to the 2008 financial crisis in terms
what action to take and which actions not to take. Name
one action or lesson they applied in 2008 that they did not in the
crash of 1929, and why? (short answer)
If the FED increased the Reserve Requirement then:
Group of answer choices
M1 would increase
The money multiplier would decrease
Congress would have to approve of this increase
the money multiplier would increase
the money multiplier would stay the same
2a. The reserve requirement is 20% and the FED buys 200 billion
dollars of government securities. What is the maximum expansion
possible in the money supply?
2b. (30 points) Explain how the change in the money supply in
question 2a works its way through the economy to affect employment,
inventories, GDP, and interest rates. Be sure to explain the
causality chain, not just what happens to each variable.
How did the AD/AS model explain the causes and effects of
the Great Depression?
Due to COVID-19, our economy has entered into another
recession. How does the current recession compare to the Great
Depression?