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Money market
equilibrium: the LM curve
Abel, Bernanke and Croushore
(chapters 7 and 9.3)
3. Store of value
B)
PY
N=1
Average
= PY/ 2
1
Money holdings with one trip to the bank
Time
N=2
PY
PY/ 2
Average
= PY/ 4
1/2
Money holdings with two trips to the bank
Time
N=3
PY
Average
= PY/ 6
PY/ 3
1/3
Money holdings with three trips to the bank
2/3
Time
dTC/dN = - (iPY/2N) + P F = 0
N*
plug N* into the expression for average real money holdings, M/P = PY/2N
Average real Money
M/P= (PY/2N*)/P= Y/2N*
M/P= Y/(2(iY/2F)^0.5)=(YF/2i)^0.5
F, and negatively on i.
slide 14
where k = 1/V
Md/P = kY
2.
a. P = M/L(Y, r + e)
b. The price level is the ratio of nominal money supply to real
money demand
c. For example, doubling the money supply would double the
price level
4.
Positive relationship between output (Y) and the expected real interest
rate (r) to restore the money market equilibrium
demand