Monetary Policy What is the FED and what does it have to do with me? Schrute Bucks.

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Monetary Policy What is the FED and what does it have to do with me? Schrute Bucks

Fiscal Policy (from last class) How the president and Congress controls the economy –Expansionary Policies: to increase economic growth –Contractionary Policies: to slow economic growth PROBLEM: Government cannot be relied on to make good decisions regarding the economy!

Monetary Policy Def.: How the Federal Reserve influences the supply of money and brings the nation out of either a recession or inflationary period.

The Federal Reserve Def.: A national system of banks that influence and control the economy and the money supply. Called “The Fed” What banks are parts of the Fed? All nationally-chartered and most state chartered banks are required to join.

Federal Reserve Board of Governors Def. Seven members, including a chairman, appointed by the President. These governors as well as five presidents of the Federal Reserve Banks form the Federal Open Market Committee. This committee establishes our national monetary policy.

Appointed, not elected The Board of Governors is appointed by the President so that they can make unpopular decisions about the economy without having to worry about being re- elected.

So, what does the Federal Reserve Do? 1.Federal Government’s Banker Maintains a checking account for the treasury and processes payments such as tax refunds. 2.Government Securities Auctions Sells, transfers and redeems government bonds 3.Issues Currency (paper money)

So, what does the Federal Reserve Do? (cont.) 4.Check Clearing Transfers money from one account to another when checks are written 5.Supervises Lending Practices Monitors bank reserves throughout the country 6.Lender of Last Resort In case of economic emergency, banks can borrow funds from the Fed

So, how does Monetary Policy Work? By adjusting the supply of money in the nation, the Fed can speed up the economy or slow it down.

To get out of a recession, the Fed encourages people to spend by increasing the money supply. To stop inflation, the Fed discourages people from spending by decreasing the money supply.

How does the Fed do this? Three tools of the Fed: –Reserve Requirement –Discount Rate –Open-Market Operations

Reserve Requirement Def.: The percentage of all deposits that a bank must keep in their vaults. Ex. I have $100,000 in deposits and the reserve Requirement is 10%. How much must I keep in my vault? How much can I lend out?

Vault:$10,000Loans:$90,000 What if the Reserve Requirement goes up to 20%? Vault:$20,000Loans:$80,000 What if the Reserve Requirement goes down to 5%? Vault: $5,000Loans:$95,000

How does this affect the money supply? Reserve RequirementMoney Supply

The Discount Rate Def. At times the Fed lends money to banks. By either lowering or raising the interest rate they charge the banks, they can influence the interest rate that banks charge their customers.

Discount rate is 2%, the banks charge 3% The Fed decides to raise the rate: Discount rate is 3%, the banks charge 4% Higher interest, less people get loans The Fed decides to lower the rate Discount rate is 1%, the banks charge 2% Lower interest, more people get loans

How does this affect the money supply? Discount RateMoney Supply

Open Market Operations Def.: When the government buys and sells bonds. Selling bonds takes money out of circulation Buying bonds puts money back into circulation

How does this affect the money supply? Selling BondsMoney Supply Buying BondsMoney Supply

Monetary Policy During a Recession Goal: Increase Money Supply Decrease the Reserve Requirement Decrease the Discount Rate Buy Bonds Called Easy Money Policy

Monetary Policy during a period of Inflation Goal: Decrease spending and the money supply Increase the Reserve Requirement Increase the Discount Rate Sell Bonds Called Tight Money Policy