2.6 The hypothetical information in the table below shows what the values for real GDP and the price level would have been in 2019 if the Federal Reserve did not use monetary policy: Year Potential Real GDP $18.5 trillion 19.0 trillion Real GDP $18.5 trillion 19.4 trillion Price Level 142 150 2018 2019 a) If the Fed wanted to keep real GDP at its potential level in 2019, should it have used an expansionary policy or a contractionary policy? Should the trading desk have bought T-bills or sold them? b) Suppose the Fed's policy was successful in keeping real GDP at its potential level in 2019. State whether each of the following would be higher or lower than if the Fed had taken no action: a. Real GDP b. Full-employment real GDP The inflation rate d. The unemployment rate C. c) Draw an aggregate demand and aggregate supply graph to illustrate your answer. Be sure that your graph contains LRAS curves for 2018 and 2019; SRAS curves 2018 and 2019; AD curve for 2018 and 2019, with and without monetary policy actions; and equilibrium real GDP and the price level in 2019 with and without policy.

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2.6 Only C)
2.6 The hypothetical information in the table below shows what the values for real GDP and the price
level would have been in 2019 if the Federal Reserve did not use monetary policy:
Year
Potential Real GDP
$18.5 trillion
19.0 trillion
Real GDP
$18.5 trillion
19.4 trillion
Price Level
142
150
2018
2019
a) If the Fed wanted to keep real GDP at its potential level in 2019, should it have used an
expansionary policy or a contractionary policy? Should the trading desk have bought T-bills or sold
them?
b) Suppose the Fed's policy was successful in keeping real GDP at its potential level in 2019. State
whether each of the following would be higher or lower than if the Fed had taken no action:
a.
Real GDP
b. Full-employment real GDP
The inflation rate
d. The unemployment rate
C.
c) Draw an aggregate demand and aggregate supply graph to illustrate your answer. Be sure that your
graph contains LRAS curves for 2018 and 2019; SRAS curves 2018 and 2019; AD curve for 2018
and 2019, with and without monetary policy actions; and equilibrium real GDP and the price level
in 2019 with and without policy.
Transcribed Image Text:2.6 The hypothetical information in the table below shows what the values for real GDP and the price level would have been in 2019 if the Federal Reserve did not use monetary policy: Year Potential Real GDP $18.5 trillion 19.0 trillion Real GDP $18.5 trillion 19.4 trillion Price Level 142 150 2018 2019 a) If the Fed wanted to keep real GDP at its potential level in 2019, should it have used an expansionary policy or a contractionary policy? Should the trading desk have bought T-bills or sold them? b) Suppose the Fed's policy was successful in keeping real GDP at its potential level in 2019. State whether each of the following would be higher or lower than if the Fed had taken no action: a. Real GDP b. Full-employment real GDP The inflation rate d. The unemployment rate C. c) Draw an aggregate demand and aggregate supply graph to illustrate your answer. Be sure that your graph contains LRAS curves for 2018 and 2019; SRAS curves 2018 and 2019; AD curve for 2018 and 2019, with and without monetary policy actions; and equilibrium real GDP and the price level in 2019 with and without policy.
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