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fiscal is

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treasury and congress

-applies to tex poliyc and unemployemnt

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monetary is

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fed

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difference between monetary and fiscal

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institution diffference. they used to be carried out by the gov. now they are (by law) independent

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how do we measure inflation

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RGDP

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what is the optimal rate of inflation

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should be (+)

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when was the change of the feds mandate

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  1. can chage it again. they consider switch to single mandate
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pre independence

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euro. coins, barter, locally issued commodity backed fiat

-no central power
-double coincadence of wants

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was the first bank of the united states like Fed

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not like fed today because no distinction between monetary and fiscal issue

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what was used to finance civil war

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green backs

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what was debate about bonds

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should we issue bonds

north=yes
south=no we leave it to states

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why did US want to create fed

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US financial stuff was saved by JP morgan so US decided they did not want indiviudal people to have so much influence, so created fed to issue money

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what do fed actions depend on

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its mandate

-like in WWII mandate/focus was financing/winning war

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why is there less incentive to bank run today

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because it is FDIC insured

FDIC = prevent bank runs (prevent fire in 1st place)

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four primary tools of fed

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1) reserve requirements
2) interest on reserves
3)open market operations
4) discount rate

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reserve requirement

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% deposit banks have to hold to support said deposits

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what is reserve requirement % today

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it is zero because banks use to be on tight leash and in 2020 got rid of leash become some slack on leash already after 2010

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what is interest on reserves

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whne they hold reserve money with fed. main tool fed uses today to change interest rates. pay banks 5% on reserve holdings

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what are open market operations

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purchase/sale of financial assets on financial markets

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what are main open market operations

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bond and rates. also buy ortage back secuity and commencial bonds (business debt)

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what is discount rate

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rate if ou take out loan from bank that you pay

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is interest on reserve lower than discount rate

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yes because fed changes it more

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what are the three institutions of the federal reserve system

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1) federal open market committee
2)federal advisory council
3)member banks

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why are terms non renewable on board of governors

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because want to make sure these peopple choose free of political influence
-good way to achieve independence

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do chairman in board of governors have more power than the others

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no, most power comes from representative function

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what are the five functions of the federal reserve board
1) vote on coduct of OMO 2)sets reserve requirements/IOR 3)review/determines disc rate 4)regulation 5)reviews each FRB budget
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the chair of the board is also the chair of the
FOMC
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what is the most important function of the chair
TALK
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who was blamed for great depression
fed was blamed. Fed did not intervene enough (fed leader died around then)
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why is great depression/world war II pushing on a string
pushigng is a way less effective than pulling on a string. Increase AD is differicult. easy to make things slow down, harder to make go
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paul volker disinflation
the new approach to monetary policy involved high interest rates (tight money) to slow the economy and fight inflation.
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2008 financial crisis tactics with ben bernake
came up with polciies to combat it -qualitative easing -0% interest rate (at the time these were unconventional)
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labor market with janet yellen
-labor market imprived with her each month -first woment o serve as secretary of treasury and chair
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jerome powell coronavirus recession
"wait to see how history views gerome powell"
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prior to the banking act of 1935, whcih established the FOMC, who played a larger role in setting policy than it does today
FRBNY
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6 functions of federal reserve banks
1)vote on OMO on rotating basis 2)recommend discount rate, make discount window loans 3)offer clearing/settlement services 4)collect data on local business conditions 5)conduct policy relevant research 6)withdraw damaged (vault) cash, issue new (vault cash)
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what is beige book
economic analysis
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Fed now new settlement system
to have real time gorss output -payment immediatkey at low cost -wires but cheaper
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why does NY host the federal reserve trading dek
because it has lots of banks
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what does FOMC committee do
-consisrs if 12 rotating members -meets 8 times a year -issues directives to the NY fed trading desk
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FOMC pre
members preapre by consuting two primary sources of info (the tealbooks and beige books)
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FOMC post
the fed communicates its assessment and strategy to the public
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what does each FOMC member receive before each meeting
two confidential tealbooks in addition to the publicly available beiege book
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Historically greenbooks were
analysis of the local and internaitonal economy
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historically bluebooks were
monetary policy strategy/alternatives
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historically redbooks were
current economci comment by district
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is fed transparent
today, in recent years the Fed has made a series of efforts to increase transparency surrounding the FOMC policy making
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why 2% Fed interest rate goal
no sicience behind it. having an explicit interest rate is all about transparecy and anchoring peoples expectations
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do most countries have single or dual mandate
single
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feds dual mandate
choose between max employment vs stable prices -first person to make this choice was paul volcker (disinflation)
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economcist believe that so long as inflation expectations are well anchored, ......
monetary policy faces a tradeoff between achieving low inflation and low unemploment
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hawk prioritize
low inflation
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doves prioritive
low unemployment
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what would happen if the fed were independent
it could be used to print money and finance expenditures
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who owns the fed
not a private institution -joint effort of private sector (like wells fargo) and government

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