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1) (20 points) Suppose reserve demand is given by:
Rd = 450 - 50 iff
and Reserve supply is given by:
Rs = 300
a) (3 points) Solve for the equilibrium federal funds rate. Draw a reserve market diagram below
labeling this initial equilibrium as point A. (10 points for correct and completely labeled diagram)
b) (4 points) Suppose that the Fed decides that the economy needs a little boost and thus decides
to lower the federal funds rate target by 50 basis points (.5 %). Explain exactly how this change
in policy would be implemented.
c) (3 points) Now solve for the new reserve supply associated with this new target, assuming that
reserve demand is constant (stable) and label on your diagram as point B.
2) (20 points)
a) We go back in time to the very end of 1990 where the US economy was officially in a recession.
Use the diagram below and the information in the diagram to draw a reserve market diagram
mapping points A and B from the time series (FRED) diagram to your reserve market diagram
(point A, 12/26/90, point B 12/31/90). Assume, as we did in the lecture, that the source of this
deviation from target was reserve demand being different than the Fed's forecast of reserve
demand. (10 points for correct and completely labeled diagram)