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Session Unit 5:

18. Monetary and Fiscal Policy

LOS 18.j: Describe qualities of effective central banks, p.114

• Independence -operational vs target independence;

• Credibility –Selecting the right targets and delivering on these!
• Transparency - openly disclose the state of the economic environment/MPC update.

LOS 18.k: Explain the relationships between monetary policy and economic growth, inflation,
interest, and exchange rates, p.115

Expansionary Monetary Policy = Any Or All of:

• Increase bank reserves by buying securities;

• Decrease interbank lending rates;
• Other short-term (or long-term) rates decrease –business increase I, Consumer increase C

(durables);

All increase AD, inflation, employment and real GDP

Reverse is true!