Monetary Policy Actions of the Federal Reserve Federal
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Monetary Policy Actions of the Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System Regulate and Supervise Banks Functions Operate nations payment systems Establish and Implement monetary policy
What is Monetary Policy? �Actions to influence the amount of money and credit in the economy to promote economic growth and stability
Types of Monetary Policy Easy Fixes problem of unemployment Tight Puts money into the economy More money = more spending Fixes problem of inflation Takes money out of the economy Less money = less spending
Federal Reserve Structure Board of Governors Federal Reserve Banks Member Banks American People Securities Agencies
Monetary Policy Tools Discount Rate Tools Open Market Operations Reserve Requirement
Monetary Policy Tools �Open Market Operations ◦ buying and selling of government treasury bonds �Bought from banks and security agencies �Buy bonds: increase money supply (easy money policy) �Fights contraction economy �More money = more spending �Sell bonds: decrease money supply (tight money policy) �Fights inflation �Less money = less spending
Monetary Policy Tools �Reserve Requirement ◦ percentage of customer deposits member banks are required to keep on hand. �Lower requirements: increase money supply (easy money policy) �Fights contraction economy �More money = more spending �Raise requirements: decrease money supply (tight money policy) �Fights inflation �Less money = less spending
Monetary Policy Tools �Discount Rate ◦ interest rate the Fed charges banks for loans �Lower rate: increase money supply (easy money policy) �Fights contraction economy �More money = more spending �Raise Rate: decrease money supply (tight money policy) �Fights inflation �Less money = less spending
- Difference between capital reserve and reserve capital
- Source of capital reserve
- Contingency reserve vs management reserve
- Contractionary money policy
- Types of monetary policy
- Unit 4 money and monetary policy
- Moral suasion in monetary policy
- Contractionary monetary policy graph
- Expansionary monetary policy flow chart
- Lesson quiz 16-1 monetary policy