Monetary Theory All Merged 04072023-2
Monetary Theory All Merged 04072023-2
Monetary Theory All Merged 04072023-2
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Why should Accountants and Financial Analysts be
interested in Monetary Theory
• Medium of Exchange
• Unit of account
• Store of value
Functions of Money
Medium of Exchange
• Of the three functions, its function as a medium of
exchange is what distinguishes money from other assets
such as stocks, bonds, and houses.
• E-cash
Are We Headed for a Cashless
Economy?
•Predictions of a cashless society have been around for
decades, but they have not come to fruition.
•Although e-money might be more convenient and efficient
than a payments system based on paper, several factors work
against the disappearance of the paper system.
•Still, the use of e-money will likely still increase in the
future.
Measuring
Money
•How do we measure money? Which particular assets can
be called “money” ?
•Central banking authority responsible for monetary policy
has conducted many studies on how to measure money.
•The problem of measuring money has recently become
especially crucial because extensive financial innovation has
produced new types of assets that might properly belong in a
measure of money.
Measuring
• Central
Money
banks in many countries have modified
measures of their
money several times and have settled on the
following measures of the money supply, which are also
referred to as monetary aggregates.
•Construct monetary aggregates using the concept of
liquidity:.
•M1 or Narrow money (most liquid assets) = currency +
traveler's checks + demand deposits + other checkable
deposits.
Measuring
Money
•M2 or broad money (adds to M1 other assets that are not
so liquid) = M1 + small denomination time deposits + savings
deposits and money market deposit accounts + money
market mutual fund shares.
•In Ghana there is also M2+ which is M2 plus foreign
currency deposits
Measuring
Money
• Table 1 Measures of the Monetary Aggregates.
Measuring
• M1 vs M2
Money
• Does it matter which measure of money is considered?
•M1 and M2 can move in different directions in the short
run (see figure 1).
•Conclusion: the choice of monetary aggregate is important
for policymakers.
Measuring
Money
• Figure 1 Growth Rates of the M1 and M2
Aggregates, 1960 - 2011.
Measuring
Money
• Figure 2: Broad Money for Ghana, 2005 - 2016.
Measuring Money
• Q1: There are three goods produced in an economy by
three individuals:
• If the orchard owner likes only bananas, the banana grower likes
only chocolate, and the chocolatier likes only apples, will any
trade between these three persons take place in the barter
economy? How will the introduction of money into the economy
benefit these three producers?
The Bond Market and Interest Rates
•A security (financial instrument) is a claim on the issuer's
future income or assets.
• Easily reversed
• Quickly implemented
Discount Rate
•Commercials banks can borrow from central banks when
they are short of reserves
•The interest rate charged on commercial banks borrowing
from the central bank is the discount rate (id )
•Central banks raise (lower) the discount rate to signal
tightening (loosening) of monetary policy
Reserve
Requirements
•For the purposes of prudence commercial banks keep a
small fraction of their deposits as cash or its close equivalent
to pay depositors who desire to withdraw
•Part of these reserves are required by regulators (central
banks)
•The required reserve ratio is the fraction of deposits
required by banks to keep as reserves
•Banks may in addition to the required reserves, keep
additional excess reserves
•An increase in the required reserve ratio signals a
tightening of monetary policy
Disadvantages of Reserve
Requirements
• No longer binding for most banks
• Can cause liquidity problems
• Increases uncertainty for banks
The Market for Reserves
•To derive the demand curve for reserves, we need to ask
what happens to the quantity of reserves demanded, holding
every thing else constant, as the Interbank rate changes.
• The amount of reserves can be split up into two
components: (1)required reserves, which equal the required reserve ratio
times the amount of deposits on which reserves are required, and
• (2) excess reserves, the additional reserves banks choose to hold.
• Therefore, the quantity ofreserves demanded
required reserves plus equals quantity of excess
reserves
the demanded.
The Market for Reserves and Discount
Rate
• Demand and Supply in the Market for Reserves
•What happens to the quantity of reserves demanded by
banks, holding everything else constant, as the federal funds
rate (interbank rate) changes?
• Excess reserves are insurance against deposit out outflows
•The cost of holding these is the interest rate that could have
been earned minus the interest rate that is paid on these
reserves, (ier )
Equilibrium in the Market for Reserves
Demand in the Market for
Reserves
•When the interbank rate is above the rate paid on excess
reserves,(ier) as the interbank rate decreases, the
opportunity cost of holding excess reserves falls and the
quantity of reserves demanded rises.
•Downward sloping demand that be comes at
curve (infinitely elastic) at ier
Supply in the Market for
Reserves
•Commercials banks can borrow from central banks when
they are short of reserves
(1)the amount of reserves that are supplied by the Central
Bank's open market operations, called non-borrowed
reserves(Rn) and
(2)the amount of reserves borrowed from the Central Bank,
called discount loans (DL).
Supply in the Market for
Reserves
•Cost of borrowing from the Central Bank is the
discount rate
•Borrowing from the Central Bank is a substitute
for borrowing from other banks (Rn) and
•If iff < id then banks will not borrow from the Fed
and borrowed reserves are zero
• The supply curve will be vertical
• As iff rises above id banks will borrow more and more at
id
and relend at iff
• The supply curve is horizontal (perfectly elastic) at id
Response to an Open Market Operation
How Changes in the Tools of Monetary Policy
Affects the Interbank Rate
•Effects of an open market operation depends on whether
the supply curve initially intersects the demand curve in its
downward sloped section versus its flat section.
•An open market purchase causes the interbank rate to fall
whereas an open market sale causes the interbank to rise
(when intersection occurs at the downward sloped section).
•Open market operations have no effect on the interbank rate
when intersection occurs at the flat section of the demand
curve.
Responds to a change in the Discount
Rate
How Changes in the Tools of Monetary
Policy Affects the Interbank Rate
•If the intersection of supply and demand occurs on the
vertical section of the supply curve, a change in the discount
rate will have no effect on the interbank rate.
•If the intersection of supply and demand occurs on the
horizontal section of the supply curve, a change in the
discount rate shifts that portion of the supply curve and the
interbank rate may either rise or fall depending on the
change in the discount rate
Responds to a change in the Required
Reserves
How Changes in the Tools of Monetary
Policy Affects the Interbank Rate
• When the Central Bank raises reserve requirement, the
interbank rate rises and when the Central Bank decreases
reserve requirement, the interbank rate falls.
Demand for Money
•Recall the demand for money is made of transactions
demand and asset demand
•The major determinants of demand for money are real
interest rate, level of income and expected inflation rate
•The quantity of money demanded falls when the interest
rate rises
•When interest rate rises, there is a higher incentive to
allocate more wealth to other interest-bearing assets and
reduce the holding of money balances
Velocity of Money and the Equation of
Exchange
• M = the money supply
• P = Price
• Y = Aggregate output (income)
• P * Y = Aggregate nominal income (nominal GDP)
•V = Velocity of money (average number of times per
year that a cedi is spent)
• V = P∗Y
• M
• Equation of exchange
• M*V= P*Y
Velocity of Money and the Equation of
Exchange
• Velocity fairly constant in short run
• Aggregate output at full-employment level
• Changes in money supply affect only the price level
•Movement in the price level results solely from changes in
the quantity of money
Velocity of Money and the Equation of
Exchange
•Demand for money: To interpret Fisher's quantity theory
in terms of the demand for money. . .
• Divide both sides by V
•
• Multiply both sides by Y and replacing M d with M
Putting the Three Motives Together
• Velocity is not constant:
•The procyclical movement of rates
interest induce procyclical movements in should
•velocity.
Velocity will change as expectations about future
normal levels of interest rates change
Portfolio Theories of Money Demand
•Theory of portfolio choice and Keynesian liquidity
preference
•The theory of portfolio choice can justify the conclusion
from the Keynesian liquidity preference function that the
demand for real money balances is positively related to
income and negatively related to the nominal interest rate.
• Other factors that affect the demand for money:
• Wealth
• Risk
• Liquidity of other assets
Factors that Determine the Demand for
Money
Empirical Evidence on the Demand for
Money
•James Tobin conducted one of the earliest studies on the link
between interest rates and money demand and concluded
that the demand for money is sensitive to interest rates.
• Precautionary demand:
• Similar to transactions demand
•As interest rates rise, the opportunity cost of holding
precautionary balances rises
•The precautionary demand for money is thus
negatively related to interest rates
Interest Rate and Money Demand
•We have established that if interest rates do not affect the
demand for money, velocity is more likely to be constant or
at least predictable so that the quantity theory view that
aggregate spending is determined by the quantity of money
is more likely to be true.
•However, the more sensitive the demand for money is to
interest rates, the more unpredictable velocity will be, and
the less clear the link between the money supply and
aggregate spending will be.
Stability of Money
•If
Demand
the money demand function is unstable and
undergoes substantial, unpredictable shifts as Keynes
believed, then velocity is unpredictable, and the quantity of
money may not be tightly linked to aggregate spending, as
it is in the quantity theory.
•The stability of the money demand function is also crucial to
whether the Bank of Ghana (BOG) should target interest rates
or the money supply.
Stability of Money
Demand
•If the money demand function is unstable and so the
money supply is not closely linked to aggregate spending,
then the level of interest rates the BOG sets will provide
more information about the stance of monetary policy than
will the money supply.
FINC 402: Monetary Theory
FINC 402: MONETARY
THEORY
• Dr. Edward Asiedu
• Email: [email protected]
Outline
4
The Money Supply Process
• Bank of Ghana
System
Assets Liabilities
Securities Currency in Circulation
Loans to Reserves
Financial
Institutions
• Liabilities
• Reserves: bank deposits at the BOG and vault cash (currency that
is
physically held by banks)
The Bank Of Ghana’s Balance Sheet
• Assets
•Government securities: holdings by the BOG that affect money supply
and earn interest
MB = C + R
• C = Currency in Circulation
• R = total reserves in the banking system.
• Banking System
Assets Liabilities
Securities -Ghc 100m
Reserves +Ghc 100m
Assets Liabilities
Securities +Ghc 100m Reserve
Open Market Purchase from Banks
• Float
• MBn = MB - BR
Assets Liabilities
Securities -Ghc 100m
Reserves +Ghc 100m
• Let's say that the bank decides to make a loan equal in amount to
the GHc100 increase in excess reserves.
Assets Liabilities
Securities -Ghc 100m Checkable deposit +Ghc
100m
Reserves +Ghc 100m
Loans +Ghc 100m
Multiple Deposit Creation: A Simple Model
• M1 Link the money supply (M) to the monetary base (MB) and let m
be the money multiplier
• M = m * MB
Deriving The Money Multiplier
• Then,
• c = {C/D} = currency ratio
• e = {ER/D} = excess reserves ratio
Deriving the Money Multiplier
• The total amount of reserves (R) equals the sum of the required
reserve (RR) and the excess reserve
• R = RR + ER
• MB = C + R = C + (r x D) + ER
• MB = (r * D) + (e * D) + (c * D) = ( r + e + c) * D
1
• D= *MB
(𝑟+𝑒+𝑐)
• M = D + C and C = c * D
• M = D + (c * D) = (1 + c) *D
Deriving The Money Multiplier
• Substituting again,
1+
M= 𝑐
(𝑟+𝑒+𝑐)
*MB
• c = Ghc400B = 0.5
Ghc800B
•e = Ghc0.8B = 0.001
Ghc800B
m = 1+0.5 = 1.5 = 2.5
0.1+0.001+0.5 0.601
• New model for estimating interest rates in Ghana effective March 15,
2017.
i
T'
GRR MI i i
Bill
1 CRR
W tbill
1
W CIV
Ghana Reference Rate (2)
• CRR and CIV are Cash Reserve Requirement and Cash-In- Vault
respectively.
• The weights assigned to the market indicators are 40%, 20%, 40%
for Policy Rate, Interbank Rate and the Treasury Bill Rate
Respectively.
Ghana Reference Rate (3)
• Bonds with the same maturity have different interest rates due to:
– Default risk
– Liquidity
– Tax considerations
• Liquidity: the relative ease with which an asset can be converted into
cash
– Cost of selling a bond
– Number of buyers/sellers in a bond market
2.When short-term interest rates are low, yield curves are more likely
to have an upward slope; when short-term rates are high, yield curves
are more likely to slope downward and be inverted.
Yield
%
Time to
Maturity
1. Expectations theory explains the first two facts but not the third.
2.Segmented markets theory explains the third fact but not the first
two.
• An example:
• Let the current rate on one-year bond be 6%.
For an investment of $1
it = today's interest rate on a one-period bond
2i2t (i2t )2
Since (i2t )2 is very small
the expected return for holding the two-period bond for two periods is
2i2t
Expectations Theory
i ie i (ie )
t t 1 t t 1
it (ite ) is extremely
1 small
Simplifying we
get it t
i1
e
Expectations Theory
• 𝑖6 = 12%+13%+14%+15%+16%+17% = 14.5%
6
𝑡
Expectations Theory
– Why yield curves tend to slope up when short-term rates are low
and slope down when short-term rates are high (fact 2).
it t1 ie ...
in it2
e
ie n t( n1)
t
where lnt is the liquidity l
premium
Preferred Habitat Theory
Liquidity
Premium, lnt
Expectations Theory
Yield Curve
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Years to Maturity, n
Liquidity Premium & Preferred Habitat
Theories
• Interest rates on different maturity bonds move together over
time; explained by the first term in the equation
– Forecast recessions
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AGGREGATE DEMAND
AND AGGREGATE
SUPPLY
Outline
Net exports: the net foreign spending on domestic goods and services
Aggregate Demand
Aggregate Demand
• Expected inflation
• Price shocks
• A persistent output gap
Figure 6. Factors that Can Shift the Short-
Run Aggregate Supply Curve
Figure 6. Shift in the Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve
from Changes in Expected Inflation and Price Shocks
Figure 7. Shift in the Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve
from a Persistent Positive Output Gap
Equilibrium in Aggregate Demand and
Supply Analysis
Rapid:
• Wages and prices are flexible
• Less need for government intervention
Changes in Equilibrium: Aggregate Demand
Shocks
• The aggregate supply curve can shift from temporary supply (price)
shocks in which the long-run aggregate supply curve does not shift,
or from permanen supply shocks in which the long-run aggregate
supply curve does shift.
Changes in Equilibrium: Aggregate Supply
(Price) Shocks
Temporary Supply Shocks:
• When the temporary shock involves a restriction in supply,
we refer to this type of supply shock as a negative (or
unfavorable) supply shock, and it results in a rise in
commodity prices.
Because the permanent supply shock will result in higher prices, there
will be an immediate rise in inflation and so the short-run aggregate
supply curve will shift up and to the left.
Permanent Supply Shocks and Real
Business Cycle Theory
• There are two types of Phillips curves, long run and short run.
The Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve
Okun's law states that for each percentage point that output is
above potential, the unemployment rate is one-half of a
percentage point below the natural rate of unemployment.
Alternatively, for every percentage point that unemployment
is above its natural rate, output is two percentage points
below potential output.
Figure 4: Okun's Law, 1960-2014
IS/LM ANALYSIS
Outline
The IS-LM Model
• Planned Ependiture and Aggregate Demand
• Goods Market Equilibrium
• Factors affecting IS Curve
• IS-LM Curve
The IS Curve
• The IS curve depicts the set of all levels of interest rates and output
(GDP) at which total investment (I) equals total saving (S).
– Government purchases (G )
NX N X xr
Government Purchase and Taxes
• The government affects aggregate demand in
two ways: through its purchases and taxes
• Government purchases:
G G
• Government taxes:
T T
Equilibrium in the Goods Market
• What the IS curve tells us: traces out the points at which
the goods market is in equilibrium
• Examines an equilibrium where aggregate output equals
aggregate demand
• Assumes fixed price level where nominal and
real
quantities are the same
• IS curve is the relationship between
equilibrium aggregate output and the interest rate.
Figure 1: The IS Curve
Why the Economy Head towards the
Equilibrium?
• Interest rates and planned investment spending
– Negative relationship
• Output tends to move toward points on the curve that satisfies the
goods market equilibrium.
Factors that Shift the IS Curve
• The fiscal stimulus was more than offset by weak consumption and
investment, with the result that the aggregate demand ended up
contracting rather than rising, and the IS curve did not shift to the
right, as hoped.
Factors That Shift the IS Curve
C I G T
NX f
The LM Curve
• The LM curve depicts the set of all levels of income (GDP) and
interest rates at which money supply equals money (liquidity)
demand.
How did a financial crisis unfold during the Great Depression and
how it led to the worst economic downturn in U.S. history?
The SPV separates the payment streams (cash flows) from these
assets into buckets that are referred to as tranches.
FYI Collateral Debt Obligations (CDOs)
The lowest tranche of the CDO is the equity tranche and this is the
first set of cash flows that are not paid out if the underlying assets go
into default and stop making payments. This tranche has the
highest risk and is often not traded.
The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009
Some economists have argued that the low rate interest policies of
the Federal Reserve in the 2003-2006 period caused the housing
price bubble.
Taylor argues that the low federal funds rate led to low mortgage
rates that stimulated housing demand and encouraged the issuance
of subprime mortgages, both of which led to rising housing prices
and a bubble.
Inside the Fed: Was the Fed to Blame for the
Housing Price Bubble?
The debate over whether monetary policy was to blame for the
housing price bubble continues to this day.
Global: The European Sovereign Debt Crisis
• The unemployment rate shot up, going over the 10% level in late
2009 in the midst of the “Great Recession”, the worst economic
contraction in the United States since World War II.
Figure 6 Credit Spreads and the 2007-2009
Financial Crisis
Government Intervention and the Recovery