Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand, Chapter 17

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Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand, Chapter 17 Prof. Ester Faia Goethe University Frankfurt

June 2010

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Keynes versus the classics

The classical economists. If only market forces are allowed to work, economic activity will quickly adjust to its natural rate determined by the supply side. No need for government intervention. After the Great Depression Keynes claimed that aggregate demand played an important role Nowadays economists believed that economic activity in the short to medium run is determined by both aggregate demand and aggregate supply

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Conditions for good market equilibrium

Y = C + I +G

Where D=C+I is private demand

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Conditions for good market equilibrium

Consumption demand

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The Good Market From (1) through (3) we get the equilibrium in the good market

Properties of the aggregate demand

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Log-linear approximation of the aggregate demand Long run equilibrium

Totally di¤erentiating and divide both sides by Y and write right-hand side as products of (semi-)elasticities and percent deviations from steady-state

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The Money Market

Equilibrium in the money market

Money demand function: notice that i is the short term interest rate controlled by the central bank

Money supply determined by constant money growth rule

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Determination of interest rate

Money demand equals money supply

If η is close to 1 and β is close to zero

A constant rate of growth of M will then ensure a stable growth in aggregate money income PY.

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Money growth targeting Assume that we have long run equilibrium in the previous period

Taking logarithms in (1) and (2) and using the approximations

ln(1+µ) ~ µ and ln(1+π) ~ π , we get Substitution of (3) into (4) yields:

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Taylor Rule

A stable growth in total money income cannot be achieved if the parameters η and β change in an unpredictable way (for example through …nancial innovations) Taylor rule:

Equilibrium determinacy is achieved when the target on in‡ation is above 1

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Estimated interest rate reaction functions of four central banks

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Three-month interest rate and the estimated Taylor rate in the euro area

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Deriving the Aggregate Demand Curve

Use above equations to obtain:

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Aggregate Demand

The AD curve has a negative slope: higher in‡ation induces the central bank to raise the interest rate, causing aggregate demand to fall The AD curve is ‡atter, the more weight the central bank attaches to stable in‡ation compared to output stability The AD curve shifts upwards in case of optimistic growth expectations in the private sector or in case of an expansionary …scal policy The AD curve shifts downwards if the central bank reduces its in‡ation target

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Aggregate Demand

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Term structure of interest rates

The problem: the central bank may control the short-term interest rate, but aggregate demand mainly depends on the long-term interest rate. Assumption: Short-term and long-term bonds are perfect substitutes. Hence by arbitrage:

Taking logs on both sides and using the approximation ln(1+i) ~ i,

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Conditions for good market equilibrium Monetary policy can only have a signi…cant impact on long-term interest rates by in‡uencing the expected future short-term interest rates A change in the current short-term rate which is expected to be temporary will only have a very limited impact on the long-term interest rate When the market expects a future tightening of monetary policy, the yield curve is rising If the market expects a future relaxation of monetary policy, the yield curve is falling The yield curve is ‡at when market participants have static interest rate expectations

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