2. Equilibrium and disequilibrium in the money market The following diagram represents the money market in the United States, which is currently in equilibrium. EST RATE (Percent) 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 Money supply Money demand Money supply ?
2. Equilibrium and disequilibrium in the money market The following diagram represents the money market in the United States, which is currently in equilibrium. EST RATE (Percent) 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 Money supply Money demand Money supply ?
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![2. Equilibrium and disequilibrium in the money market
The following diagram represents the money market in the United States, which is currently in equilibrium.
INTEREST RATE (Percent)
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
0.6
0.7
Money supply
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2 1.3
0.8
QUANTITY OF MONEY (Trillions of dollars)
Money demand
the
Money demand
Money supply
?
Suppose the Federal Reserve announces that it is lowering its target interest rate by 75 basis points, or 0.75%. It would achieve this by
Shift either the money supply curve or the money demand curve, or both, to illustrate on the graph the effects of this policy.
The sequence of events that results in a new equilibrium interest rate, after the Fed makes the change you selected, may be described as follows:
Because there is
money in the financial system, the quantity of interest-bearing financial assets such as bonds demanded
, which means that bond issuers
until the new equilibrium interest rate is achieved.
sell the bonds. This process continues](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5ea1223f-dc81-469b-b763-e447597adcc4%2Fd6e0f7b3-4f7c-4dff-8b9e-56b3f83b81f0%2Fvgvp8w8_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:2. Equilibrium and disequilibrium in the money market
The following diagram represents the money market in the United States, which is currently in equilibrium.
INTEREST RATE (Percent)
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
0.6
0.7
Money supply
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2 1.3
0.8
QUANTITY OF MONEY (Trillions of dollars)
Money demand
the
Money demand
Money supply
?
Suppose the Federal Reserve announces that it is lowering its target interest rate by 75 basis points, or 0.75%. It would achieve this by
Shift either the money supply curve or the money demand curve, or both, to illustrate on the graph the effects of this policy.
The sequence of events that results in a new equilibrium interest rate, after the Fed makes the change you selected, may be described as follows:
Because there is
money in the financial system, the quantity of interest-bearing financial assets such as bonds demanded
, which means that bond issuers
until the new equilibrium interest rate is achieved.
sell the bonds. This process continues
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