Questions tagged [federal-reserve]
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How could monetary policy be affected if cash "gifts" to consumers were more frequently used?
A few years ago in the US, everyone who filed taxes received a check for $1000.
If this method of inflation was logistically more feasible, how could this be used in monetary policy, and what ...
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Are bank reserves part of M1 or only part of M2, and why?
(1) Toyland earns $$100,000 revenue in cash this week. Toyland managers use this $100,000 to pay down a short-term loan from Bank One. Bank One keeps the cash in reserve. As a result of this ...
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Is monetary expansion the same as quantitative easing
Is monetary expansion policy the same as quantitative easing (i.e the buying of US treasuries by Federal reserve which injects more USD into the economy)?
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Reserve Ratio Requirements and Money multipliers [closed]
Draw the T-accounts for Fred's Bank if the FED buys a $20,000 treasury security from Fred and Fred puts all the money he gets for it in the bank. Assume the reserve requirement set by the FED is 8%.
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How can banks pay interest to the central bank?
If the central bank is the only institution that can increase the monetary base (create both, digital and paper money), how can any institution that borrows from it (mostly banks) satisfy its interest ...
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What assurances are there that the Federal Reserve does not give money to banks?
My understanding of the operation of the United States Federal Reserve Bank is that it invents dollars by a unilateral, unbalanced credit to its own account and then it loans this money to member ...
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What impact did monetary policy actions taken during the Great Recession (2007-09) have on U.S. economic performance?
What impact did monetary policy actions taken during the Great Recession (2007-09) have on U.S. economic performance?
Quantitative easing and unconventional policy actions such as asset purchases and ...
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What major monetary policy actions were taken during the Great Recession (2007-2009)?
What major monetary policy actions were taken during the Great Recession (2007-2009)?
Quantitative easing and unconventional policy actions such as asset purchases and "forward guidance". I think I'm ...
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What might happen if the Fed stopped paying interest on excess reserves?
I am curious to hear what economists think might happen if the Fed stopped paying interest on reserves held in excess of the penalty free upper bound. I am also curious to know how economists think ...
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What would happen to the economy if the Fed's discount window completely stopped?
I'm curious what would happen the the US economy (and perhaps others) if the overnight lending capability of the Fed ceased operation for some reason (perhaps a cyber attack) for a non-trivial period ...
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Is the Federal Reserve even necessary? [closed]
A friend of mine told me that the Federal Reserve bank is the most evil thing in the world. Things like we can't print our own money and how this debt based fiat currency will destroy everything.
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Federal Reserve vs National Bank [closed]
The US had a national bank during the first few decades after its birth before it was abolished. Today, we have the Federal Reserve.
What are the differences between the Federal Reserve and a ...
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What is the impact on the money supply of a reduction in the required reserve ratio? [closed]
In April 2011, the money supply was estimated to be 52 million hurls.
At the same time, bank reserves were 6.24 million hurls and the
reserve requirement was 12 percent. The banking industry, being
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How do reserves move between the 12 federal reserve banks?
In single central banks systems (e.g. Bank of England) then the final ledger for electronic money transfer is the adjustment of reserve account balances.
In the Federal Reserve System, there are 12 ...
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