Generic Elective (Hon) Economics

II Semester

Paper: Introductory Macroeconomics

Note: Dear Students, We have been covered Unit-2 in the previous class.
Now we will discuss Unit-2 continue as I already suggested the reading of
Oliver Blanchard Chapter-4 and N. Gregory Mankiw Chapter-5 according to
University of Delhi Syllabus.

TOPIC

Unit 2 : Money: Functions of money; quantity theory of money; deter-

mination of money supply and demand: credit creation; tools of mone-
tary policy.

Chapter-4 : Financial Markets

In this class we would like to discuss the role of financial markets in mon-
ey market particularly role of banks in money markets, demand for money
and determinants of money. First we start with the Demand for Money.

The Demand for Money

This section looks at demand for money at the determinants of the de-
mand of money. So for we have seen the words such as “money”or
“wealth” have very specific meanings in economics, often not the same
meanings as in everyday conversations.
 Money, which you can use for transactions, pays no interest. In the real
world, there are two types of money. Currency, coins and bills; checkable
deposits, the bank deposits on which you can write checks. Th distinction
between the two will be important when we look at the supply of money.

Bonds pay a positive interest rate, i, but they cannot be used for transac-
tions. In the real world, there are many types of bonds, each associated with
a specific interest rate. For the time being, we will also ignore this aspect of
reality an assume that there is just one type of bond that can be invested in,
and that it says i, the rate of interest.

Deriving the Demand for Money

Let’s go from this discussion to an equation describing the demand for

money. Denote the amount of money want to hold ( cash+demand deposits.
It denotes ‘Md’. The demand for money in the economy as a whole is just
the sum of all the individual demands for money by the people in the econ-
omy. Therefore, it depends on the overall level of transactions in the econ-
omy and on the interest rate. The overall level of transactions in the econo-
my is hard to measure, but it is likely to be roughly proportional to nominal
income . If nominal income were to increase by 10%, it is reasonable to
think that the amount of transactions in the economy would also increase by
roughly 10%. So we can write the relation between the demand for money,
nominal income, and the interest rate as follows:

Md=$Y L(i) ————- (4.1)

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 Where $Y denotes nominal income. Read this equation in the following
way: the demand for money Md is equal to nominal income $Y times a func-
tion of the interest rate i, will the function denoted by L(i). The minus sign
under i in L(i) captures the fact that the interest rate has a negative effect on
on money demand. An increase in the interest rate decreases the demand for
money, as people put more of their wealth into bonds.

Equation (4.1) summarises what we have discussed so for:

• First, the demand for money increases in proportion to nominal income.

If nominal income doubles, increasing from $Y to $2Y, then the demand
for money also doubles, increasing from $YL(i) to $2Y(i).
• Second, the demand for money depends negatively on the interest rate.
This is captured by the function L(i) and the negative sign underneath.
An increase in the interest rate decreases the demand for money.
The relation between the demand for money, nominal income, and
the interest rate implied by equation (4.1) is shown in Figure-4.1.The future
shows that the interest rate, i, is measured on the vertical axis. Money, M, is
measured on the horizontal axis. The trade-off between the demand for
money and the interest rate for a given level of nominal income is represent-
ed by the Md curve. The curve is downward slipping: the lower the interest
rate ( the lower i), the higher the amount of money people want to hold (the
higher M).

For a given interest rate, an increase in nominal income increases in nom-

inal income increases the demand for money. In other words, an increase in
nominal income shifts the demand for money to the right, from Md to Md1.
For example, at interest rate i, an increase in nominal income from $Y to $Y’
increases the demand for money from M to M’.

The Determination of the Interest Rate

Having looked at the demand for money, we now look at the supply of
money and then at the equilibrium.

In the real world, there are two types of money, checkable deposits,
which are supplied by banks, and currency, which is supplied by the central
bank. In this section, we will assume that checkable deposits do not exist—
that the only money in the economy is currency. In the next section, we will
reintroduce checkable deposits and look at the role banks play. Introducing
banks makes the discussion more realistic, but it also makes the mechanics of
money supply more complicated. It is better to build up the discussion in
two steps.
Money Demand, Money Supply, and the Equilibrium Interest Rate

Suppose the central bank decides to supply an amount of money

equal to M, so Ms=M. The superscript s stands for supply. Equilibrium
in financial markets requires that money supply be equal to money de-
mand, that Ms=M. Then, using Ms=M, and equation (4.1) for money
demand, the equilibrium condition is

Money supply = Money demand

M = $Y L(i)

This equation tells us that the interest rare I must be such that, given
their income $Y, people are willing to hold an amount of money equal
to the existing money supply M. This equilibrium relation is called the
LM relation.

The equilibrium condition is represented graphically in Figure 4.2 .

As in figure 4.1, money is measured on the horizontal axis, and the interest
rate is measured on the vertical axis. The demand for money, Md, drawn
for a given level of nominal income $Y, is downward sloping. A higher
interest ate implies a lower demand for money. The supply of money is
drawn as the vertical line denote Ms. The money supply equals M and is
independent of the interest rate. Equilibrium occurs at point A, and the
equilibrium interest rate is given i.

So for we have seen characterised the equilibrium. We can look at

how changes in nominal income or changes in the money supply by the
central bank affect the equilibrium interest rate shown in Figure 4.3 & 4.4.

Figure 4-3 shows the effects of an increase in nominal income on the in-
terest rate.
 The figure replicates figure 4-2 and the initial equilibrium is at point
A. An increase in nominal income from $Y to $Y’ increases the level of
transactions, which increases the demand for money at any interest rate.
The money demand curve shifts to the right, from Md to Md’. The equi-
librium moves from A up to A’, and the equilibrium inserts rate increases
from i to i’.

In worlds, An increase in nominal income leads to an increase in the

interest rate. The reason is that at the initial interest rate, the demand for
money exceeds the supply. An increase in the interest rate is needed to de-
crease the amount of money people want to hold and to reestablish equilib-
rium.

Figure-4.4 shows the effects of an increase in the money supply on the

interest rate.
 The above figure revealed that the initial equilibrium is at point A, with
interest rate i, an increase in the money supply, from Ms=M to Ms=M’,
leads to a shift of the money supply curve to the right, from Ms to Ms’.
The equilibrium moves from A down to A’; the interest rate decreases
from i to i’ . In words, An increase in the supply of money by the central
bank leads to a decrease in the interest rate. The decrease in the interest
rate increases the demand for money so it equals the larger money supply.

Monetary Policy and Open Market Operations

So for we have been understanding of the results in Figure 4.3 and 4.4 by
looking more closely at how the central bank actually changes the money sup-
ply and what happens when it does so.

The Supply and the Demand for Central Bank Money

The easiest way to think about how the intent rate in this economy is deter-
minate is by thinking in terms of the supply and the demand for central bank
money:

• The demand for central bank money is equal to the demand for currency by
people plus the demand for reserves by banks.

• The supply of central bank money is under the direct control of the central
bank.

• The equilibrium interest rate is such that the demand and the supply of cen-
tral bank money are equal.
 Figure 4-7 shows the structure of the demand and the supply of central
bank money in more detail. With start on the left side. The demand for mon-
ey by people is for both checkable deposits and currency. Because banks have
to hold reserves against checkable deposits, the demand for checkable deposits
leads to a demand for reserves by banks. Central banks plus the demand for
currency.

Go to the right side, the supply of central bank money is determined by the
central bank. Look at the equal sign. The interest rate must be such that the
demand and the supply of central bank money are equal.

We now go through each of the boxes in Figure 4-7 and ask:

• What determines the demand for checkable deposits and the demand for cur-
rency?
• What determines the demand for reserves by banks.
• What determines the demand for central bank money?
• How does the condition that the demand and the supply of central money be
equal determine the interest rate.
The Demand for Money

As we already discussed in the first section. So we can assume that overall

money demand is given by the same equation be before(Equation 4.1)

Md=$Y L(i) ————————-(4.3)

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That rings us to the Second decision. How do people decide how much to hold
in currency and how much in checkable deposits? Currency is more conve-
nient for small transactions. Checks are more convenient for large transactions.
Holding money in your checking account is safer than holding cash.

Let assume that people hold a fixed proportion of their money in curren-
cy—call this proportion c—and, by implication, hold a fixed proportion (1 -c )
in checkable deposits. In any country, if suppose people hold 40% of their
money in the form of currency, so c=0.4. Call the demand for currency CUd
( CU for currency, and d for demand). Call the demand for checkable deposits
Dd (D for deposits and d for demand). The two demands are given by

CUd = cMd. ——————-(4.4)

Dd = (1 -c)Md. ———————(4.5)

Equation (4.4) shows the first component of the demand for central bank
money—the demand for currency by the public. Equation (4.5) shows the de-
mand for checkable deposits.

We now have a description of the first box. “Demand for money,” on the
left side of figure 4.7. Equation(4.3) shows the overall demand for money.
Equations (4.4) and (4.5) show the demand for checkable deposits and the de-
mand for currency, respectively. The demand for checkable deposits leads to a
demand by banks for reserves, the second component of the demand for central
bank money.

The Demand for Reserves

The later the amount of checkable deposits, the larger the amount of reserves
the baks must hold, both for precautionary and for legal reasons. Let 8(the
Greek lower case letter theta) be the reserve ratio, the amount of reserves banks
hold per dollar of checkable deposits. Then, by the definition of 8(assume
theta) the following relation holds between R and D:

R = 8D —————————-(4.6)

We saw earlier that, in the in any county today, the reserve ratio is roughly
equal to 10% . Thus, 8 is roughly equal to 0.1.

If people want to hold Dd in deposits, then, from Equation (4.6), banks

must hold 8Dd in reserves. Combining Equation (4.5) and (4.6), the second
component of the demand for central bank money—the demand for reserves by
banks—-is given by

Rd= 8(1 - c)Md ——————-(4.7)

The Demand for Central Bank Money

Call Hd the demand for central bank money. This demand is equal to the
sum of the demand for current and demand for reserves.

Hd = CUd + Rd ———————-(4.8)

Replace CUd and Rd with their expressions from Equation (4.4) and Equa-
tion (4.7) to get
 Hd = cMd + 8(1 - c) Md = [c + 8(1 - c) Md

Finally, replaced the overall demand for money, Md, with its expression from
equation (4.3) to get the following:

Hd = [ c + 8(1-c)$Y L(i) —————-(4.9)

This gives us the equation corresponding to the third box. “Demand for Central
bank money”, on the left side of Figure 4-7.

The Determination of the Interest Rate

We are now ready to characterise the equilibrium. Let H be the supply of

central bank money, H is directly controlled by the central bank; just like in the
previous section, the central bank can change the amount of H through open
market operations. The equilibrium condition is that the supply of central bank
money be equal to the demand for central bank money:

H = Hd ———————-(4.10)

Or, using Equation (4.9):

H = [c + 8(1 - c)] $Y L(i)—————(4.11)

The. Supply of central bank money (the left side of equation (4.11) is equal to
the demand for central bank money (the right is of Equation (4.11), which is
equal to the term in brackets times the overall demand for money.

Hence we can represent the equilibrium condition, Equation (4.11),

graphically, and we do this in Figure 4.8.
 The above figure looks the same as Figure 4-2, but with central
bank money rather than money on the horizontal axis. The interest
rate is measured on the vertical axis. The demand for central bank
money, CUd + Rd, is drawn for a given level of nominal income. A
higher interest rate implies a lower demand for central bank money for
two reasons: (1) the demand for currency by people goes down

(2) the demand for checkable deposits by people also goes down.
This leads to lower demand for reserves by banks. The supply of money is
fixed and is represented by a vertical line at H. Equilibrium is at point A, with
interest rate i.

The effects of changes in nominal income or changes in the supply of

central bank money are qualitatively the same as in the previous section. In
particular, an increase in the supply of central bank money leads to a shift in the
vertical supply line to the right. This leads to a lower interest rate. As before,
an increase in central bank money leads to a decrease in the interest rate. Con-
versely, a decrease in central bank money leads to an increase in the interest
rate.

References:

1.N.Gregory Mankiw (2013). Macroeconomics(8th edition): Section 4.1(pp.79-

85) and section 5.1 (pp.100-106).
2.Oliver Blanchard (2006) Macroeconomics (6th edition); Chapter:4.

Course Teacher
Dr.D.Appala Naidu