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3535The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate

Demand

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Figure 1 Equilibrium in the Money Market

Quantity ofmoney

Interestrate

0

Moneydemand

Quantity fixedby the central bank

Moneysupply

r2

M2dMd

r1

Equilibriuminterest

rate

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Figure 2 The Money Market and the Slope of the Aggregate Demand Curve

Quantityof money

Quantity fixedby the central bank

0

Interestrate

Money demand at price level P2 , MD2

Money demand atprice level P , MD

Moneysupply

(a) The money market (b) The aggregate demand curve

3. . . . whichincreasesthe equilibriuminterestrate . . .

2. . . . increases thedemand for money . . .

Quantityof output

0

Pricelevel

Aggregatedemand

P2

Y2 Y

P

4. . . . which in turn reduces the quantityof goods and services demanded.

1. Anincreasein thepricelevel . . .

r

r2

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Figure 3 A Monetary Injection

MS2Moneysupply, MS

Aggregatedemand, AD

YY

P

Money demand at price level P

AD2

Quantityof money

0

Interestrate

r

r2

(a) The money market (b) The aggregate demand curve

Quantityof output

0

Pricelevel

3. . . . which increases the quantity of goods and services demanded at a given price level.

2. . . . theequilibriuminterest ratefalls . . .

1. When the centralbank increases themoney supply . . .

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Figure 4 FTSE 100 Index, Opening Prices 2000–09

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Figure 5 Bank of England Base Rate, 2000–09

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Figure 6 The Crowding-out Effect

Quantityof money

Quantity fixedby the central bank

0

Interestrate

r

Money demand, MD

Moneysupply

(a) The money market

3. . . . whichincreasestheequilibriuminterestrate . . .

2. . . . the increase inspending increasesmoney demand . . .

MD2

Quantityof output

0

Pricelevel

Aggregate demand, AD1

(b) The shift in aggregate demand

4. . . . which in turnpartly offsets theinitial increase inaggregate demand.

AD2

AD3

1. When an increase in government purchases increases aggregatedemand . . .

r2

£10 billion

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Figure 8 South Africa’s Annualized Growth Rate

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