Macroeconomics: The study of
phenomena, inflation,
unemployment and economic
growth
Monetary Policy
The bank of Canada has the power to increase or decrease the ,number of dollars in the Economy
Real vs Potential Output
The Output is the quantity of goods and services actually produced within a given time period
Potential Output: highest potential refers to the real Gdp within a close period
Aggregate Demand: The demand for a GDP of a country
Reserve: Deposits the banks recieved but cannot loan out
Banks don't hold 100 percent reserves because then it wont influence the supply of money
Increase: Must hole reserves means they loan out less of each dollar that is deposited
Raises reserve Ratio: lowers the money multiplier and decreases money supply
Decrease in Reserve Ratio: Raises the money multiplier and increases money supply
Open Market Operations: Purchase of sale of government bonds by the bank of Canada
Increase the supply of money in circulation: by buying something
Demand Increases: Higher level of prices
Decrease: The supply of money by: seliing something
Sterilization: The process of offsetting foreign
exchange market operations with open market
operations so the effect on money supply is
cancelled out
Overnight Rate: The rate of interest on very short term loans between commercial banks
Raising: reduces the money supply
Lowering: Increases the money supply
Money Supply
Imperfect: banks loan
out money some of their
deposits which increases
the money in the
economy
Counterfeit Bills: Will increase the money supply which will
increase spending, employment, nations GDP, rate of inflaion
and Bank of Canada may raise overnight rate
Keyness Effect: Higher Price level implies lower
real money supply meaning higher interest rates
which means lower investments spending, new
capital,lower quantity of goods being demanded
Multiplier Effect: Circulation of money
Macroeconomics Measures
Consumer Price Index
Prices paid by consumers (households) over periods of times to compare
CPI does not consider subsitution
Macroeconomics: Measures the total income of everyone in the
economy and the expenditure of the economic output
of goods and servi es
GDP: market value of all final goods and services within a country during a period of time
Includes: Final Goods, Intermediate goods when
sold as is, Goods and Services and Exports and
Imports (Consumption), Business investment in
equipment (Investment), Government expenditure
of final goods and services-weapons (Government)
Not Included: Intermediate goods because its already included in the final sale, the resale of an item,
Items produced in different country, exchanges of items, Non-market transactions, Welfare,
Exchanges in Stock and Bond, Black Market Transactions
Real GDP: The measure of an amount produced that is not affected in the changes of prices, how it prevailed in the past
Nominal GDP: The production of goods and services valued at current prices
Net Exports: Spending on domestically produced goods by
foreigners (exports) minus spending on foreign goods by
domestic residents (imports)
GDP Deflator: The measure of the price level calculated by the ratio
Nominal GDP/Real GDP * 100
Inflation: Increase of the overall price level or erosion in economy currency
If inflation increases by 10% consumers will buy 10% less goods
Inflation Rate :(B-A)/B*100
Inflation not considered in CPI
Helped: Companies who can raise prices without raising wages and borrowers who are repaying debt with less valuable money
Hurt by Inflation: Workers those on a fixed income and people who are saving money
Fiscal Period
Expansionary Policy: a policy of increasing the money supply and reducing interest rates
Decreases taxes (injection) leads to more
consumption, employment, output, more gov't
spending
Contractionary Policy: A policy of decreasing the money supply and increasing interest rates to dampen economy
The use of government taxation and spending policies(expenditure, borrowing)
to influence the circular flow of income and to acheive macroeconomic goals
and alter direction of the economy
Keyness Proposed
Injection: Government Spending
Leakage: Taxes
Stagflation: stagnating economic growth high unemployment and high inflation
Cause: (short Term) Supply shock
Limitations
TIme Lags, Government having difficulties changing spending and taxation, conflicts between governments
In the 1930s economists thought
recessions were apart of life and
could not be fixed ("Lassiez faire"
theory began functions well on its
own gov't invovlvment unnecessary)