Essays on Monetary Policy

Every nation has independence to choose, which exchange rate system it will follow. The choice for selecting a suitable exchange rate ranges from a flexible exchange rate or fixed exchange rate system. Under floating exchange rate system, the value of the currency is decided by market forces, while, under fixed exchange rate systems, the currency of the country is pegged against some standard of value. The choice of exchange rate is a tough task and depends significantly on the freedom of capital to flow in and out of the country. However, one negative effect of allowing the free capital

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Question 1

The federal reserve bank is a major institution in the American’s economy and society designed to offer financial stability by maintaining currency flexibility. The Fed as consistently played a significant role in the Untied States economy and monetary policy since its establishment. The Fed established in 1913, therefore, its the roles and regulations go back only to the early years of the 20th century. For instance, the Fed came into play when a harsh economic crisis started in 2008. During this period the GDP shrank, unemployment increased and millions of Americans were worried about their futures. It was

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In recent times, economic volatility in asset prices has become the norm rather than an exception. While the reasons for this are varied including better data access to monetary and political changes, fast flow of information globally and better money flow system for the global investor, we seek to explore the effects of monetary policy on asset prices (stocks, currencies and commodities).
We refer to the article written by Weber. From past experience of monetary policy changes and corresponding data (Magnus 123), I would certainly agree with the basic fact that monetary policy brings economic volatility. As far as

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Introduction

The series of recessions that have occurred in the past decades have raised several questions about the effectiveness of the various existing measures of recession, some of which use a comprehensive set of indicators. A number of analysts have stressed that financial market indicators provide a more effective predictions about recession. In this respect the predictive capacity of the bond yield curve have received much attention in recent times. The current discussion sheds some light on the predictive capacity of the yield curve and the associated term spread. Current scenario is studied in terms of the yield curve obtained

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Introduction

The actions taken by the Reserve Bank of Australia to influence the cost and supply of money in the economy are referred to as the monetary policy. The main tools through which the monetary policy influences the market operations is the interest rate that is paid on the loans from the money market. Manipulating the interest rate is the main tool of RBA to influence its monetary policy. RBA is the central bank of Australia; and it is the role of the central bank to ensure price stability by controlling the supply of money. So, a stabilizing role is

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Introduction

In general, markets do not adjust automatically to bring about equilibrium. Thus, historically, many economists, including John Keynes, recommended the need for government intervention. In his book, ‘ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money’, Maynard Keynes asserts that the government should intervene actively in order to manage the level of aggregate demand in an economy so as to bring about desired level of employment and output. His argument is attributed to the fact that wages are rigid and, thus, may not fall enough to clear the market and solve the unemployment problem. Broadly, the government can intervene in

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The prevalence of interest rates could e extremely important for a county from different standpoints and it is more than important for the countries to have a specific amount and trend of interest rate prevalence in total. There are number questions which have been asked in this particular report in total.

Chapter-2: Fed Watching

- Fed Monetary Policy Change
In the United States of America (USA), Fed held responsible for changing and maintaining the prevailing interest rate in a country. The question regarding changing the monetary policy of the country reveals that there are certain things

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Recession in economy (particularly in macroeconomics) - This term refers to a relatively mild, non-critical production decline or slowdown in economic growth. The decline in production is characterized by zero growth in gross national product (GNP) (stagnation), or a decline for more than half a year.

The recession is a phases of the economic cycle (conditions) that follows the boom and is replaced by depression.

A recession often leads to a massive drop in the index on the stock exchange. As a rule, the economy of a country depends on the economies of other countries, so the economic downturn in a particular country may lead to a slowdown in the economies of

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In 2008 the world, and the U.S. in particular, were hit by what is referred to as the worst financial crisis since the Global Depression. Unusually severe crisis provoked unusually aggressive response from the Federal Reserve, and their actions still remain the topic of numerous debates – some argue that the response neglected long-term consequences focusing only on stabilizing the situation in the short perspective (Meltzer, 2012), while the others point out that had the government not intervened, 2010 GDP would have been 11,5% lower and number of people employed would been lower by 8,5 million (Blinder & Zandi,

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The Federal Reserve release report, previously known as Humphrey-Hawkins report, is based on the economy and the direction of monetary policy. This report gets released twice a year before the congress. In this document we will focus on whether this report is influenced more by inflation or by the possibility of an impending recession. This document also discusses the monetary policy and its direction as stated in this report.Introduction
The Federal Reserve Banking system also considered as the ‘lender of last resort’ provides support to major financial institutions whenever they are in dire situations or when the market is

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Introduction. 3

Expansionary monetary policy.3
Contractionary monetary policy3
Australian monetary policy3
Objectives of Australian monetary policy.4
Australian Monetary policy framework4
The decision process in monetary policy...5

Monetary policy implementation in Australia5

Transmission of Monetary policy to Australian economy.6
Conclusion .7
Introduction
The monetary policy is a policy that is used by the monetary authority of a given country to control the money supply in the economy. This policy frequently targets a certain interest rate with an objective of promoting economic stability and growth in an economy. The official goals normally include relatively low unemployment and stable prices. This policy can either be expansionary or contractionary.

Expansionary monetary policy

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Monetary policy refers to actions of the government, through the country’s monetary authority, to regulate the economy by influencing the supply of money and credit, and the prevailing interest rates. The Federal Reserve is the monetary authority of the U.S.A. Therefore, it is in charge of formulation and implementation of monetary policy in the U.S.A. Monetary policy seeks to achieve the five macroeconomics goals; full employment, economic growth, favourable balance of payment, price stability and income redistribution. In the U.S.A, monetary policy has been effective in regulating the economy and in pursuit of the chief macro-economic goals of

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In any economy, several tools can be used to control the amount of money in circulation. The most common tools of controlling money in circulation in any economy are in form of policies like monetary and fiscal policies. Monetary policy addresses the issue of money supplied in the economy by either expansionary or contractionary policies which regulate the amount of money in circulation (Michael 2008.).
Since money can be claimed to be the main factor that dictates employment, inflation and of the economy related issues in a region, its supply has direct impact on the mentioned spheres of the

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Introduction

International trade refers to exchange of services and goods across countries. Increased globalization has increased cross border trade. The numerous advantages that accrue from international trade have also stimulated growth of international trade. However, there are certain limitations of international trade that has made it necessary or countries to protect their local economies from the adverse effects of international trade. On the other hand, monetary policy refers to decisions that are undertaken by the central bank and the government in order to influence the country’s economy by manipulating credit cost and availability of money. This paper discusses the

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Introduction

The need for government and central bank intervention in the market has historically received support from a number of scholars. For instance, the economic idea of government intervention (demand-side management) in the market is largely attributed to the Keynesian economics, which is highlighted in the book, “General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money” by John Maynard Keynes published in 1936. According to the Keynesian economics, automatic market forces (alone) may not trigger a condition of economic equilibrium, particularly during a financial crisis. This is primarily due to the presence of economic inefficiency brought about by market externalities. Closely linked

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Inflation targeting and Interest rate targeting are two primary and most popular monetary policies across the globe today. Inflation targeting can be defined as a central bank policy that revolves around meeting and adhering to preset and publicly displayed targets for the annual rate of inflation (investopedia 2013). The benchmark used for inflation targeting varies from country to country but is some form of price index of a variety of consumer goods. Most commonly this benchmark is Consumer Price Index (CPI). While Interest rate targeting as a monetary policy regulates and checks the interest rate charged by one depository

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GDP

In Saudi Arabia Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has expanded to 5.87 percent in the third quarter of last year over the 2011 quarter. Over the years the GDP growth rate have been recording an average of 5.12 percent with the highest growth rate of 27.49 percent in 1974 and the lowest of -11.10 percent in 1982. 55 percent of the GDP is constituted by the petroleum sector.

Unemployment

The rate of unemployment has increased from 5.4o percent in 2009 to5.50 in 2012 as reported by the Central Department of Statistics and Information. Between 1999 and 2012, the rate of unemployment

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Federal Reserve Paper

Introduction
Throughout the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, monetary alarms overwhelmed the nation, dominant to bank deficiency and company downfall that rigorously agitated the economy. The downfall of the nation’s banking structure to adequately supply funding to anxious depository organizations provided considerably to the economy’s susceptibility to monetary alarms. Short range credit is a significant basis of liquidity when a bank senses unanticipated and extensive withdrawals throughout a monetary alarm. A chiefly severe crisis in 1907 provoked Congress to set up the National Monetary Commission, which put onward recommendation to generate a foundation

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