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OUESTIONS
1.
10. What are the tools used by the Federal Reserveto implement monetary policy? (LG 4-3)
Define the discount window and the discount rate. (LG 4-2)
3.
12. Why does the Federal Reserverarely use the discount rate to
implement its monetary policy? (LG 4-3)
13. What changes did the Fed implement to its discount
window lending policy in the early 2000s?in the late 2fi)0s?
IG 4-3\
14. Which of the monetary tools available to the Federal Reserve
is most often used?Why? (LG 4-3)
15. Describe how expansionary activities conducted by the Federal Reserve impact credit availability, the money supply,
interest rates, and security prices. Do the same for contractionary activities.(LG 4-4)
16. Summarize the monetary policy measurestaken by central
banks to addressthe worldwide financial crisis. (LG 4-5)
PROELEMS
l.
3. Bank Three currently has $600 million in transaction deposits on its balance sheet. The Federal Reserve has currently
set the reserve requirement at l0 percent of transaction
deposits.(LG 4-3)
a. If the Federal Reserve decreasesthe reserve requirement
to 8 percent, show the balance sheet of Bank Three and
the Federal Reserve Systemjust before and after the full
effect of the reserve requirement change. Assume Bank
Three withdraws all excessreservesand gives out loans,
and that borrowers eventually return all of these funds to
Bank Three in the form of transaction deposits.
b. Redo par| (a) using a 12 percentreserve requirement.
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BSW Bank currently has $150 million in transactiondeposits on its balance sheet. The Federal Reserve has currently
set the reserve requirement at 10 percent of transaction
deposits.(LG 4-3)
a. If the Federal Reserve decreases the reserve requirement to 6 percent, show the balance sheet of BSW and
the Federal Reserve Systemjust before and after the full
effect of the reserve requirement change. Assume BSW
withdraws all excess reserves and gives out loans, and
that borrowers eventually return all of these funds to
BSW in the form of transactiondeposits.
b. Redo part (a) using a 14 percentreserverequirement.
5.
14c'
Part
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the three-monthCD rate, the discountrate, and the three-monthT-billnate usingthe following,steps:
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Cluestions
1. What are the cunnentlevelsfor each of these interest nates?
2. Calculatethe percentagechangein each of these natessinceJuly 2O1O.