Monday 921
Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART 10 Money and Prices in the Long Run Chapter 29 of 36 The Monetary System Section 18 of 20 … The Fed has three tools for changing the money supply -1- open-market operations -2- reserve requirements -3 - the discount rate … -3 - The Discount Rate The discount rate is the interest rate on loans the Fed makes to banks. A bank borrows from the Fed at the discount rate when its reserves are too low to meet its reserve requirements. This can happen because the bank · has made too many loans · has had unexpectedly large withdrawals When the Fed makes such a loan to a bank · the banking system now has more reserves · these additional reserves allow banks to make new loans, creating more money … By changing the discount rate the Fed can alter the money supply. A higher discount rate · reduces the amount of reserves banks have · which reduces bank loans and the money supply A lower discount rate · increases the ...