Chapter 16: Q.12 (page 437)
鈥淒iscount loans are no longer needed because the presence of the FDIC eliminates the possibility of bank panics.鈥 Is this statement true, false, or uncertain?
Short Answer
This statement is false.
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Chapter 16: Q.12 (page 437)
鈥淒iscount loans are no longer needed because the presence of the FDIC eliminates the possibility of bank panics.鈥 Is this statement true, false, or uncertain?
This statement is false.
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In December 2008, the Fed switched from a point federal funds target to a range target (and it鈥檚 possible that it will switch back to a point target in the future). Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on the federal funds targets/ ranges (DFEDTAR, DFEDTARU, DFEDTARL) and the effective federal funds rate (DFF). Download into a spreadsheet the data from the beginning of 2006 through the most current data available.
a. What is the current federal funds target/ range, and how does it compare to the effective federal funds rate?
b. When was the last time the Fed missed its target or was outside the target range? By how much did it miss?
c. For each daily observation, calculate the 鈥渕iss鈥 by taking the absolute value of the difference between the effective federal funds rate and the target (use the abs(.) function). For the periods in which the rate was a range, calculate the absolute value of the 鈥渕iss鈥 as the amount by which the effective federal funds rate was above or below the range. What was the average daily miss between the beginning of 2006 and the end of 2007? What was the average daily miss between the beginning of 2008 and December 15, 2008? What is the average daily miss for the period from December 16, 2008, to the most current date available? Since 2006, what was the largest single daily miss? Comment on the Fed鈥檚 ability to control the federal funds rate during these three periods.
Compare the methods of controlling the money supply鈥攐pen market operations, loans to financial institutions, and changes in reserve requirements鈥攐n the basis of the following criteria: flexibility, reversibility, effectiveness, and speed of implementation.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of quantitative easing as an alternative to conventional monetary policy when short-term interest rates are at zero lower bounds?
How do the monetary policy tools of the European System of Central Banks compare to the monetary policy tools of the Fed? Does the ECB have a discount lending facility? Does the ECB pay banks an interest rate on their deposits?
Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on nonborrowed reserves (NONBORRES) and the federal funds rate (FEDFUNDS).
a. Calculate the percent change in nonborrowed reserves and the percentage point change in the federal funds rate for the most recent month of data available and for the same month a year earlier.
b. Is your answer to part (a) consistent with what you expect from the market for reserves? Why or why not?
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