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1. How would the following influence the growth rates of M1 and M2 money supply figures over time?

a) An increase in the quantity of US currency held overseas.

b) A shift of funds from interest-earning checking deposits to money markets mutual funds.

c) A reduction in holdings of currency by the general public because debit cards have become more popular and widely accepted

d) The shift of funds from the money market mutual funds into stock and bond mutual funds because the fees to invest in the later have declined.

2. Supposed that the reserve requirement is ten percent and the balance sheet of the People’s National Bank? Does the bank looks like the accompanying examples.

ASSETS LIABILITIES vault cash - $20,000 checking deposits - $200,000 deposits at fed - 30,000 net worth - 15,000

securities - 45,000 loans - 120,000

a) What are the required reserves of people national bank? Does the bank have any excess reserves? Required reserves are $20,000 and excess reserves are $30,000

b) What is the maximum loan that the bank could extend?  

c) Indicate how the banks’ balance sheet would be altered if it extended this loan. 

d) Suppose that the required reserves were 20 percent. If this were the case, would the bank be in a position to extend any additional loans? Explain.

3. Historically, shifts towards a more expansionary monetary policy have often been associated with increases in real output. Is this surprising? Why or why not? Can an expansion in the money supply increase real output and employment? Why or why not? Can

4. What impact will an unanticipated increase in the money supply have on real interest rate, real output and employment in the short run? How will expansionary monetary policy affect these factors in the long run? Explain.

5. Did monetary policy contribute to the economic crisis of 2008? Why or why not? How did monetary policy makers respond to this crisis? Has their response created an environment for future stability and growth? Explain.

1.

How would the following influence the growth rates of M1 and M2 money supply figures

over time?

a)

A

n

increase in the quantity of US currency held overseas.

b)

A

shi

ft of funds from

interest

-

earning checking deposits to money markets mutual funds.

c)

A

reduction in

holdin

gs of

currency

by the general

public because debit cards have become more

popular and widely accepted

d)

T

he

shift of funds fr

om the money market

mutual

funds into stock and bond

mutual

funds

because the fees to invest in the later have declined.

2.

Supposed that the

reserve

requirement is

ten percent and the balance sheet of the People

’s

National Ban

k

? Does the b

ank

looks like the accompanying examples.

ASSETS

LIABILITIES

vault cash

-

$20,000

checking d

eposits

-

$200,000

deposits at fed

-

30,000

net worth

-

15,000

securities

-

45,000

loans

-

120,000

a)

W

hat are the required reserves of people national bank?

Does

the bank have any excess reserves?

R

equired reserves are $20,000 and excess reserves are $30,000

b)

W

hat is the maximum loan that the bank could extend?

c)

Indicate

how the

banks’

balance she

et would be altered if it extended this loan.

d)

Suppose

that the required reserves were 20 percent.

If

this were the case, would the bank be in a

position to extend any additional loans?

Explain

.

3.

Historically, shifts tow

ards a more expansionary monetary policy have often been

associated with increases in real output. Is this surprising?

Why

or why not?

Can

an

expansion in the money supply increase real output and employment?

Why

or why not?

Can

1. How would the following influence the growth rates of M1 and M2 money supply figures

over time?

a) An increase in the quantity of US currency held overseas.

b) A shift of funds from interest-earning checking deposits to money markets mutual funds.

c) A reduction in holdings of currency by the general public because debit cards have become more

popular and widely accepted

d) The shift of funds from the money market mutual funds into stock and bond mutual funds

because the fees to invest in the later have declined.

2. Supposed that the reserve requirement is ten percent and the balance sheet of the People’s

National Bank? Does the bank looks like the accompanying examples.

ASSETS LIABILITIES

vault cash - $20,000 checking deposits - $200,000

deposits at fed - 30,000 net worth - 15,000

securities - 45,000

loans - 120,000

a) What are the required reserves of people national bank? Does the bank have any excess reserves?

Required reserves are $20,000 and excess reserves are $30,000

b) What is the maximum loan that the bank could extend?

c) Indicate how the banks’ balance sheet would be altered if it extended this loan.

d) Suppose that the required reserves were 20 percent. If this were the case, would the bank be in a

position to extend any additional loans? Explain.

3. Historically, shifts towards a more expansionary monetary policy have often been

associated with increases in real output. Is this surprising? Why or why not? Can an

expansion in the money supply increase real output and employment? Why or why not?

Can