class 9 Flashcards

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what is money supply?

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the quantity of money available in an economy

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what are the 3 types of money supply?

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M0
M1
M2

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what is M0?

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notes and coins in circulation (in the hands of the public)

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what is M1?

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M0 + all chequable deposits at depository institutions like banks and credit unions

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what is M2?

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M1+ term deposits, certificates of deposits, savings accounts

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what is an example of M0?

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all of the cash that the public has in their wallets

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what is an example of M1?

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all of the cash that the public has in their wallets and all of the money in checking accounts in banks and credit unions

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what is an example of M2?

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all of the cash that the public has in their wallets, all of the money in checking accounts in banks and credit unions and all of the money in savings accounts and at a bank for a certain term

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9
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are credit cards a part of money supply?

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no they are not

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10
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who are the 3 players who control the money supply process?

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the central bank
banks (depository institutions)
depositors

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how do central banks control the money supply?

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they are the ones who conduct monetary policy and who are responsible for how much cash and money is in circulation (impacting M0,M1,M2)

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how do banks and depository institutions control the money supply?

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they are the ones responsible for accepting deposits from individuals and institutions and they make loans (impacting M0,M1,M2)

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how are depositors responsible for controlling money supply?

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they make the decision of how much cash they hold, impacting M0

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what are the 2 things that make up bank reserves?

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settlement balances
vault cash

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what are settlement balances?

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banks have an account at the bank of canada in which they hold deposits, those balances are called settlement balances

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16
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what is vault cash?

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the cash that banks hold in their vault to meet the withdrawal needs of their depositors

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17
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why do banks hold reserves?

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to meet the withdrawal demands of their depositors and to manage their liquidity requirements

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18
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what are desired reserves (DR)/ required reserves?

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reserves that are held to meet the central banks requirement for every dollar of deposits (demand deposits+ fixed term deposits) at a bank, a certain fraction must be kept as reserves

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what is the desired reserve ratio?

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the fraction of deposits (both fixed term deposits and demand deposits) that a bank desires to be kept as reserves

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what is an example of a desired reserve ratio?

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if the bank has 50 million worth of demand deposits and 50 million in fixed term deposits, they would have to keep 10 million as reserves if the desired reserve ratio was 10%, 10% of total reserves

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21
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what is the required reserve ratio in the US?

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10%

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22
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what are excess reserves?

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any reserves that a bank keeps that is more than the required reserve ratio

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23
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what canada have a required reserve ratio?

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no, the banks can decide their own desired reserve ratio

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what does a bank do if they don’t have enough reserves to meet their depositors withdrawal needs, what do they have to do?

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they must borrow overnight funds from other banks or the BoC

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25
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what makes up a banks reserves?

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both desired reserves and excess reserves

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26
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what are the 2 things on the bank of Canadas balance sheet?

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assets
liabilities

27
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what are the 2 things on the bank of Canadas liabilities side of their balance sheet?

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currency in circulation
reserves

28
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why is currency in circulation a liability to the bank of canada?

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because when the currency is issued, they owe it to the holders of the currency to back the paper money so it has value

29
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do bank notes in the hands of depository institutions count as currency in circulation?

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no they do not, only the currency in the hands of the public counts

30
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why are reserves a liability to the bank of canada?

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because they have the obligation and liability to pay back that money back to the depositors they got it from

31
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what are the 2 things on the bank of Canadas assets side of their balance sheet?

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government securities
loans to a financial institutions

32
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why are government securities an asset to the bank of canada?

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they are used to affect money supply and earn interest

33
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why are loans to financial institutions assets to the bank of canada?

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bank of canada provides loans to banks and they charge the bank rate, giving the bank of canada interest

34
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what is monetary base (high powered money)?

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currency in circulation (notes and coins held by the public) plus the total reserves in the banking system (vault cash + settlement balances)

35
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who creates monetary base?

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the bank of canada

36
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why does the bank of canada create monetary base?

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because the control all of the currency in circulation and the total reserves in the banking system

37
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what is another term for monetary base?

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high powered money

38
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what percentage of currency in circulation is made up of coins?

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less than 1%

39
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what are the 2 ways the bank of canada controls the monetary base?

A

open market operations
advances to banks and financial institutions

40
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how does the bank of canada control the total reserves in the baking system?

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total reserves are made up of vault cash and settlement reserves, they are in control of the the amount of cash in circulation depending on how much they issue, and they control settlement reserves by how much they lend banks, issue bonds and buy bank bonds

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what is open market operation?

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the purchase or sale of bonds by the bank of canada

42
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when reserves increase, how does that impact the overnight rate?

A

it would go down and vice versa

43
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if the bank of canada purchases 100m worth of bonds from TD, and pays them with a 100m cheque, how will that impact the banking system?

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this will cause the assets and the liabilities of the bank of canada to increase by 100m on each side because the bank of canada would gain assets of 100m from the purchase of the bonds, and would gain liabilities of 100m from the bank depositing the 100m from the sale of the bonds in to the bank account TD holds with the bank of canada and increase the reserves of the bank of Canada by 100m

the bank would lose 100m in securities due to the sale of their bonds, but they would also have the gain of 100m of reserves from the cash from the sale of the bonds

44
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if the bank of canada purchases 100m worth of bonds from TD, and pays them with a 100m cheque, how will that impact monetary base?

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the net result would cause reserves of the bank of canada to increase by 100m, no change in currency circulation, causing the reserves in monetary base to rise by 100m and causing monetary base to rise in 100m

45
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how will a rise in BoC reserves, and monetary base impact money supply?

A

it will eventually cause M1 to increase because the bank of canada reserves will increase the amount that banks can lend out

46
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if the bank of canada sells 100m worth of bonds, how will that impact the banking system?

A

if they sell 100m worth of bonds the assets of the bank of Canada would go down by 100m because they sold the bonds to TD and their reserves would go down because they would take 100m out of TDs account to pay for the bonds and removing 10m from the bank of Canadas reserves

TDs assets will gain 100m of securities and they would lose 100m worth of reserves to pay for the bonds

47
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if the bank of Canada sells 100m worth of bonds to TD, how will that impact monetary base?

A

it will cause the reserves of the bank of Canada to go down by 100m it will cause monetary base to decrease by the same amount of the sale

48
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when reserves decrease, how does that impact the overnight rate?

A

the overnight rate increases

49
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how does an open market purchase always impact monetary base?

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a purchase from the BoC will alway increase the monetary base by the amount of the purchase

50
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how does an open market sale always impact monetary base?

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a sale from the BoC will always decrease the monetary base by the amount of the sale

51
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what is the most common open market operation by the bank of canada?

A

repurchase transactions

52
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if the bank of canada makes a 100m loan to TD, how does that impact the banking system?

A

the bank of Canadas assets increase by 100m from the loan, the bank of canada reserves increase by 100m because TD would deposit that loan in the their account they hold at the bank of Canada

TDs assets would increase their reserves by 100m from the loan and their liabilities would increase by 100m from the loan that they have to pay back

53
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if the bank of canada makes a 100m loan to TD, how does that impact the banking system?

A

it will cause monetary base to increase by 100m because the bank of Canadas reserves increase by 100m

54
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if a non-bank withdraws 100m in cash, how will that impact the banking system?

A

the banking system loses 100m in depots and 100m in reserves but they gain 100m in currency in circulation

55
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if a non-bank withdraws 100m in cash, how will that impact monetary base?

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monetary base will not change, the withdrawal decreases reserves by 100m and the cash withdrawn increase the currency in circulation by 100m, this causes each other to cancel out causing no change

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if TD withdraws 100m in cash, how will that impact the bank of canada?

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it will cause their liability to increase by 100m because of the new currency in circulation and cause their liability to decrease by 100m because their reserves decreases due to the money being takin out and in circulation, causing no changing to monetary base

57
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who fully controls open market operations?

A

the bank of canada

58
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what are the 2 ways the bank of canada controls monetary base?

A

open market operations
loans to the bank

59
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what are the 2 components of monetary base?

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non-borrowed monetary base
borrowed reserves

60
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what makes up non-borrowed monetary base?

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open market operations

61
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what makes up borrowed monetary base?

A

borrowed reserves (loans to banks)

62
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what component of monetary base is easy to control?

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non-borrowed monetary base, open market operations they can control because they can chose what securities to buy and what to sell

63
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what component of monetary base is not easy to control?

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borrowed reserves, they cannot control banks to take out loans

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