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Monetary Policy Federal Reserve & Monetary Policy.
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Monetary Policy
Federal Reserve & Monetary Policy
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Monetary Policy
• Government action manipulating the money supply; used by the government to intervene in the economy.
• Leading role in monetary policy played by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee.
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Federal Reserve System(FED)
• The nation’s central bank.
• Controls the quantity of money.
• Provides facilities for collection of checks
• Supplies the public with currency
• Supervises the operation of commercial banks.
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Legal Reserve Limit
• 1980 Financial Reform Act set the percentage of deposits that a bank must hold as reserves between the limits of 8 and 14% for checkable deposits. (An additional reserve of 4% can be imposed by the Board of Governors).
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Organization of the Federal Reserve System
Fed. Advisory Council
Fed. Open Market
Committee (FOMC)
Federal Reserve Banks
Commercial Banks
Board of Governors
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Commercial Banks (Member Banks)
• All national banks are members of Reserve.• Benefits
– Obtain funds by borrowing from their district reserve bank
– Make use of variety of services provided by Reserve.
– Obtain financial advice and assistance
– Take part in electing members of the board of district banks
– Receive dividend of stock
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Federal Reserve Banks
• 12 districts of “banker’s banks”• Located in San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Atlanta, Richmond, Minneapolis, and Dallas.
• Each Reserve Bank is a corporation, owned by the commercial banks. (commercial banks do not act as owners – they are public agents)
• Functions:– Hold deposits of banks– Make loans to member banks– Issue Federal Reserve notes (nation’s currency)
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Board of Governors(Federal Reserve Board)
• Located in Washington, DC
• 7 members appointed by the President for 14 year terms
• Creates policy, independent non-partisan
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Functions of Federal Reserve
• Check clearing services– Centralized clearinghouse for checks.
• Federal Reserve bank for each district clears the check, decreasing the deposit account in the bank it was drawn and increasing the deposit account in the bank that collected.
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)– Established by Congress in 1933 to insure bank
depositors.
– FDIC guarantees deposits up to $100,000
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Functions of Federal Reserve
• Regulating Money Supply– Used to stabilize the economy– Increases money supply during recession, decreases
money supply during inflation.
• Reserve requirement• Open Market Operations
– Buys & sells government securities in order to control the quantity of bank reserves.
• Discount Rate– Interest Rate charged by FED to member banks.
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Tool To Stimulate Economy
To Cool Economy
Reserve Requirement
Decrease Increase
Open Market
Buy Sell
Discount Rate
Lower Raise