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How the Fed controls the money supply
- old version - new version The demand for money, currency and g deposits p checking How the Fed traditionally conducts monetary policy Lags in the effect of monetary policy Quantitative/Credit easing
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selling bonds to, or by purchasing bonds from, the banks, and the public (open market operations, or OMOs O O The monetary base (MB) is defined as currency plus reserves:
MB = CU + RE
(14 5) (14.5)
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1+ c M = ( MB r +c
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Excess Reserves
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8 log M2, s.a. 7 log M1, s.a. 6 log money base, n.s.a. 5 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
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An Inventory Theory
Families and businesses hold currency
and keep funds in their checking accounts for the same reason stores keep inventories of goods for sale. Because income is received periodically and
expenditures occur every day, it is necessary to hold a stock of currency and checking deposits. This inventory theory of the demand for money falls into the category of transactions motive. slide 14
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Japanese and US money market rates. Source: IMF, IFS, and St. Louis Fed
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Quantitative Easing g
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Lehman
Quantitative Easing
Estimated Impacts