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Introduction
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Monetary Policy
Monetary Policy
Monetary Policy
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Transition Mechanism
Two steps in the transmission mechanism (the process
by which changes in monetary policy affect AD):
1.
2.
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P
If h is zero there is a unique level of income corresponding to a
given real money supply VERTICAL LM CURVE
1.
2.
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Y G ( A bi ) (3)
Suppose G increases
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Increased government
spending increases income and
the interest rate
Higher interest rates and their
impact on AD dampen the
expansionary effect of
increased G
Income increases to Y0 instead
of Y
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Table 11-2 summarizes our analysis of the effects of expansionary monetary and
fiscal policy on output and the interest rate (assuming not in a liquidity trap or in
the classical case)
Monetary policy operates by stimulating interest-responsive components of AD
Fiscal policy operates through G and t impact depends upon what goods the
government buys and what taxes and transfers it changes
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