Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Important Formulas

  • Required Reserves = Amount of Deposit x Required Reserve Ratio.
  • Excess Reserves = Total Reserves - Required Reserves.
  • Maximum amount a single bank can loan = the change in excess reserves caused by a deposit.
  • The money multiplier = 1 / required reserve ration.
  • Total Change in Loans = Amount single bank can lend x Money Multiplier.
  • Total Change in the money supply = Total change in loans + $ Amount of Fed action.
  • Total change in demand deposits = Total change in loans + Any cash deposited.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Unit 4 - Video Notes

Part 1: Types and Functions of Money.

Three Types of Money 
1. Commodity - goods that has other purposes. Not as durable as coins, primitive type of money. (ex: Native Americans uses cows)
2. Representative - whatever you are using as currency represents a specific quantity; (ex: Gold/silver)
3. Fiat - money not backed by metal. Money that must be accepted by transactions; backed by government. 

Functions of Money
1. Medium of Exchange - through money that exchanges happen. (Buying things)
2. Store of Value - when you store money, you expect it to be stable and still have value.
3. Unit of Account - price implies worth (something expensive, it is said to have a higher quality).




Part 2: Money Market Graphs.


  • Negative slope because demand for money slows down (rate is high, quantity is low and vice versa).
  • Supply for money is vertical because it does not various based on the interest rate.
  • To stabilize interest rates, increase the money supply.
  • If the interest rate is unstable, it is not possible to predict the level of investment, manipulate AD, and predict the level of spending. 



  • Part 3: Fed’s Tools of Monetary Policy.

    1. Expansionary (Easy $)
    • RR : lowered.
    • Discount Rate (rate that banks can borrow from the FED): lowered. Used to give banks incentive, doesn't mean it will work.
    • Buy/sell government bonds/securities: FED buys bonds (public gets money, which causes the money supply to go up).
    2. Contractionary (Tight $)
    • RR : raised.
    • Discount Rate : raised.
    • Buy/sell government bonds/securities: sell bonds (federal open market committee makes open market decisions).
    • RR - the percentage of banks total deposits that they must hang on to.
    • Federal Funds Rate - rate that banks can borrow money from each other. A downward pressure is put on to the rate, when the FED buys bonds.


    Part 4: The Loanable Funds Market.

    The graphs shows the effect of government deficit.
    •  SLF - comes from the amount of money in banks. (Dependent on savings).
    •  Government deficit in loanable funds market can shown two ways: increase in demand or decrease in supply.


    Part 5: Money Creation and Multiple Deposit Expansion.
    • Banks create money by making loans.
    • One of the Feds tool is adjust and control RR.
      • Ex.)The RR is 20% and the bank makes a loan of $500. How much money will be created?
        • 1 / .20 = 5(500) = $2500. We got from $500 to $2500 due to multiple deposit expansion 
      • Example of how multiple deposit expansion works - Bob gets $500 to bank. The bank loans $400 to Joe and then Joe puts that money in his bank. The bank then makes a loan of $320 to Susie and so on. This process can go on until nothing is left. If all of these loans are added, it would total $2500 (RR is 20% and no excess reserves). 
        • If banks hold excess reserves (banks keeping more than the 20%), the total of $2500 is reduced.


    Part 6: Relating Money Market, Loanable Funds Market, and AS & AD Model.
    • Change in supply of money is equivalent to change in price.
    • Fisher Effect - interest and price level are connected. As interest goes up, price level also goes up. 
      • Ex.) 1% increase in interest = 1% increase in price level.



    Graphs show the impact of deficit spending


    Wednesday, March 19, 2014

    Unit 4 - Mar 19


    Expansionary
    Contractionary
    OMO
    Buys Bonds
    Sell Bonds
    Discount Rate
    Decrease
    Increase
    Federal Fund Rate
    Decrease
    Increase
    Required Reserves Ratio
    Decrease

    Increase


    • Single Bank - amount of money single bank can create (loan out) = ER
      • AR - RR = ER 
        • $1000 - $100 = $900
    • Banking System - can create money by a multiple of its initial ER 
      • Deposit Multiplier = 1 / RR = 1 /.1 = 10
    • System New Money = Deposit Multiplier X Initial ER
      •   10 X 900 = $9000 
    • Total change in Money Supply as a result of the deposit 
      • Initial deposit (if new) + Banking system created money
        • $1000 + $9000 = $10,000 

    Monday, March 17, 2014

    Unit 4 - Mar 17 (Monetary Money)

    Monetary Policy - controlled by the Fed (Federal Reserve Bank)
    • Influencing the economy through changing and reserve which influence the money supply and available credit.
    • Banker's bank.

    4 Options of  Monetary Policy
    1. Reserve Requirement - % that set by the Fed of the minimum reserve a bank must have.
    2. Discount Rate - banks borrow money from the Federal Reserve (last resort).
    3. Federal Fund Rate - bank loan each other overnight funds.
    4. OMO (Open Market Operation) - security/bonds. Fed doings (sells/buys) 
      • Reserve Requirement, Discount Rate, Federal Fund Rate - Decrease : Expansionary Monetary Policy.             Increase : Contractionary Monetary Policy. 

    Friday, March 7, 2014

    Unit 4 - Mar 7 (Multiple Deposit Expansion)

    Reserve Requirement
    • The Fed requires banks to always have some money readily available to meet consumers demand for cash
    • The amount set by the Fed is the Required Reserve Ratio
    • The Required Reserve Ratio - the percentage of demand deposit (checking account balances) that must not be loaned out
    • Typically the Required Reserve Ratio is 10%.

    The Money Multiplier
    • Shows the impact of a change in demand deposits on loans and eventually the money supply
    • Money multiplier = 1/ Required Reserve Ratio
      • Example: If the reserve ratio is 25% then the multiplier is 4

    The 3 types of Multiple Deposit Expansion
    1. Type 1: calculate the initial change in excess reserves (the amount a single bank can loan from the initial deposit).
    2. Type 2: calculate the change in loans in the banking system.
    3. Type 3: calculate the change in money supply.
    • Sometimes type 2 and type 3 will have the same results (I.e. No Fed involvement)
    Example 1
    Given a required reserve ratio of 20%, assume the Federal Reserve purchases $100 million worth of US Treasury Securities on the open market from a primary security dealer. Determine the amount that a single bank can lend from this Federal Reserve purchase of bonds. 
         Amount of new demand deposit - required reserve = the initial change in excess reserve
         $100 million - (20%)($100 million)
         $100 million - $20 million = $80 million in ER

    Example 2
    Given a required reserve ratio of 20%, assume the Federal Reserve purchases $100 million worth of US Treasury Securities on the open market from a primary security dealer. Determine the maximum total change in loans in the banking system from this Federal Reserve purchase of bonds.
         The initial change in excess reserves (the money multiplier)= max change in loans
         $80 million (1/20%)
         $80 million(5) = $400 million max in new loans

    Example 3
    Given a required reserve ratio of 20%, assume the Federal Reserve purchases $100 million worth of US Treasury Securities on the open market from a primary security dealer. Determine the maximum total change in the money supply from this Federal Reserve purchase of bonds. 
         The maximum change in loans + $ amount of federal reserve action
         $400 million + $100 million = $500 million max change in money supply

    A Formula For All Seasons
    <{[deposit - (rr% x deposit)] X 1 / rr%} + $ of OMO >
    <Maximum change in money supply>
    { max change in loans in banking system}
    [initial change in excess reserves]
    (Required reserve)
    • RR + ER = DD 


    Thursday, March 6, 2014

    Unit 4 - Mar 6 (Money)

    I. Uses of Money
    • Mediums of Exchange -  can be used to trade/barter.
    • Unit of Account - establishes economic worth.
    • Store of Value - money holds its value over period of time.
    II. Type of Money
    • Commodity - gets value from the materials it is made from (gold/silver).
    • Representative - backed by something tangible (paper $).
    • Fiat - money because the government said so.
    III. Characteristic of Money 
    • Durability - last through many transaction (Can be used after washed).
    • Portability - able to transport money in many ways (Wallet, purse, etc).
    • Uniformity - even (All $5 looks the same).
    • Divisibility - can divide bills into smaller units ($10 = two $5 bills)
    • Scarcity - might not have money at that time (No change for a cashier).
    • Acceptability - acceptable anywhere. 

    M1 Money - 75% of $ circulation.
    • Liquid - easier to convert to cash.
    • Consists of :
      • Currency - cash/coins.
      • Checkable/Demand Deposit - checking account.
      • Traveler's Check
    M2 Money - 25% of $ circulation.
    • Consists of :
      • Savings Accounts
      • Market Money Accounts
      • CD - Certificate of Deposit.
    • Deposits held by banks outside the U.S. + M1 Money.

    How Banks and Thrifts (Savings & Loans institution) create money
    •  Assets (own) = Liabilities (owed) + Net Worth.
    •  Bank deposits are subject to a reserve requirement.
      •  Reserve Ratio = reserve requirement / checkable deposit liabilities.
    • Excess Reserve = Actual Reserve - Required Reserve.
      • Assume 20% reserve requirement.
    • Banks creates $ by 
      • Lending excess reserves and destroy it by loan payments. 
      • Purchasing bonds from the public also creates $.