Monetary policy in a liquidity trap

Suppose that money demand is given by Md = $Y(0.25 - i) as long as interest rates are positive. The questions below then refer to situations where the interest rate is zero.

a. What is the demand for money when interest rates are zero and $Y = 80?

b. If $Y = 80, what is the smallest value of the money supply at which the interest rate is zero?

c. Once the interest rate is zero, can the central bank continue to increase the money supply?

d. The United States experienced a long period of zero interest rates afer 2009. Can you find evidence in the text that the money supply continued to increase over this period?

e. Go to the database at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis known as FRED. Find the series BOGMBASE (the monetary base) and look at its behavior from 2010 to 2015. What happened to the monetary base? What happened to the federal funds rate in the same period?

Show the changes to the t-accounts for the federal reserve and for commercial banks when the federal reserve buys $50 million in u.s. treasury bills. if the public holds a fixed amount of currency (so that all loans create an equal amount of deposits in the banking system), the minimum reserve ratio is 10%, and banks hold no excess reserves, by how much will deposits in the commercial banks change? by how much will the money supply change? show the final changes to the t-account for commercial banks when the money supply changes by this amount.

Select the correct answers. mila is at a flea market. she has $50 in her wallet. she decides that she will spend $15 on jewelry, $20 on a pair of jeans, $5 on a t-shirt, and $10 on something to eat. she likes a one-of-a-kind t-shirt, but the seller is not ready to sell it for less than $8. she thinks of five ways to deal with this situation. which two choices indicate a trade-off?

In year 1, the bennetts' 25-year-old daughter, jane, is a full-time student at an out-of-state university but she plans to return home after the school year ends. in previous years, jane has never worked and her parents have always been able to claim her as a dependent. in year 1, a kind neighbor offers to pay for all of jane's educational and living expenses. which of the following statements is most accurate regarding whether jane's parents would be allowed to claim an exemption for jane in year 1 assuming the neighbor pays for all of jane's support? a.no, jane must include her neighbor's gift as income and thus fails the gross income test for a qualifying relative.b.yes, because she is a full-time student and does not provide more than half of her own support, jane is considered her parent's qualifying child.c.no, jane is too old to be considered a qualifying child and fails the support test of a qualifying relative.d.yes, because she is a student, her absence is considered as "temporary." consequently she meets the residence test and is a considered a qualifying child of the bennetts.