Lecture 5: Basics of Macroeconomics II
Given to theGiven to theEMBA 8400 ClassEMBA 8400 Class
April 16, 2010April 16, 2010
Dr. Rajeev DhawanDr. Rajeev DhawanDirectorDirector
Chapter 28
Unemployment & Its Natural Rate
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Identifying Unemployment Natural Rate of Unemployment
– The natural rate of unemployment is unemployment that does not go away on its own even in the long run.
– It is the amount of unemployment that the economy normally experiences.
Cyclical Unemployment– Cyclical unemployment refers to the year-to-year
fluctuations in unemployment around its natural rate.– It is associated with short-term ups and downs of the
business cycle.
How Is Unemployment Measured?
Based on the answers to the survey questions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) places each adult into one of three categories:– Employed– Unemployed– Not in the labor force
Labor Force– The labor force is the total number of workers, including
both the employed and the unemployed.– The BLS defines the labor force as the sum of the
employed and the unemployed.
Breakdown Of The Population In 2007
AdultPopulation
(231.8 million)
Labor Force(153.1 million)
Employed(146.0 million)
Not in labor force(76.0 million)
Unemployed (7.1 million)
Unemployment - What is it? The unemployment rate is calculated as the
percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
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Example
In 2001, 135.1 million people were employed and 6.7 million people were unemployed.
– Labor Force = 135.1 + 6.7 = 141.8 million
– Unemployment Rate = (6.7 / 141.8) X 100
= 4.7 percent
– Labor Force Participation Rate =
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Figure 3 Labor Force Participation Rates for Men and Women Since 1950
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This table shows the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate of various groups in the U.S. population for 2007
Questions About Unemployment
Does the Unemployment Rate Measure What We Want It To?
How Long Are the Unemployed without Work?
Why Are There Always Some People Unemployed?
Article: Why do Americans Work More Than Europeans?WSJ; by: Edward Prescott
Americans aged 15-64, on a per-person basis, work 50% more than French. The French, for example, prefer leisure more than do Americans or on the other side of the coin, that Americans like to work more. This is silliness !!
Germans and Americans spend the same amount time working, but the proportion of taxable market time vs. nontaxable home work time is different
But marginal tax rates explain virtually all of this difference. Labor supply is not fixed. People be they European or American, respond to taxed on their income. – Spanish labor supply increased by 12% in 1988
when taxes were cut
Chapter 29
The Monetary System
Money–What is it and what does it do?
Money is the set of assets in an economy that people regularly use to buy goods and services from one another
Medium of Exchange –what sellers accept from buyers as payment for goods and services. Eliminates inefficiencies of barter.
Unit of Account – When there is one unit of account, like the ($) in the United States, you don't have to think in relative terms when valuing goods and services.
Store of Value – people have the option to hold money over time as one way of storing their assets. Money is an important store of value, because it is the most liquid asset in the economy
Types of Money
Commodity Money money that takes the form of a commodity with intrinsic value.
Fiat Money money without intrinsic value that is used as money because of government decree
How to Measure Money
Money Stock: The quantity of money circulating in the economy
Q: Suppose you want to know the size of the U.S. money stock. What should you count as money?
A: Currency and demand deposits, and a few other items (detailed below) but not credit cards.
Currency - the paper bills and coins in the hands of the public
Demand Deposits - balances in bank accounts that depositors can access on demand by writing a check (or by using a debit card)
Two Measures of the Money Stock for the U.S. Economy (2007)
Billionsof Dollars
• Currency($759 billion)
• Demand deposits• Traveler’s checks• Other checkable deposits ($605 billion)
• Everything in M1($1,364 billion)
• Savings deposits• Small time deposits• Money market mutual funds• A few minor categories ($6,083 billion)
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Continued…Q: How is the U.S. money stock measured and reported?A: Two most important measures – M1 and M2M1 = Currency, Traveler's checks, Demand Deposits and Other
Checkable DepositsHere is a breakdown of M1 for 1996:
Item$ (Billions) % of total
$1076.8 100.0%Currency 395.7 36.7Traveler's Checks 8.6 0.8Demand Deposits 400.7 37.2Other Checkable Deposits 271.8 25.3
M2 = Everything in M1 plus Savings deposits, Small Time Deposits, Money Market Mutual Funds and a few minor categories. M2 for 1996 was $3657.4 billion.
Banks & Money Supply
Q: How do banks operate?A: Banks accept deposits from people. That money is in an
account until the depositor makes a withdrawal or writes a check on their account.
Q: Do banks keep all of your money in their vault?A: No. Our banking system is called fractional reserve
banking. Bankers understand that it is not necessary to keep 100 percent of a depositors money on hand at all times. As a result, bankers take some of your money and loan it out to other people.
Continued..
Fractional reserve banking - a banking system in which banks hold only a fraction of deposits as reserves
Reserve ratio - the fraction of deposits that banks hold as reserves. Minimum reserve ratios are set by the Fed.
Money Creation with Fractional-Reserve Banking
When a bank makes a loan from its reserves, the money supply increases.
The money supply is affected by the amount deposited in banks and the amount that banks loan.– Deposits into a bank are recorded as both assets and
liabilities.– The fraction of total deposits that a bank has to keep
as reserves is called the reserve ratio.– Loans become an asset to the bank.
Money Creation with Fractional-Reserve Banking
This T-Account shows a bank that…– accepts deposits,– keeps a portion
as reserves, – and lends out
the rest. – It assumes a
reserve ratio of 10%.
Assets Liabilities
First National Bank
Reserves$10.00
Loans$90.00
Deposits$100.00
Total Assets$100.00
Total Liabilities$100.00
Money Creation with Fractional-Reserve Banking
When one bank loans money, that money is generally deposited into another bank.
This creates more deposits and more reserves to be lent out.
When a bank makes a loan from its reserves, the money supply increases.
The Money Multiplier
Assets Liabilities
First National Bank
Reserves$10.00
Loans$90.00
Deposits$100.00
Total Assets$100.00
Total Liabilities$100.00
Assets Liabilities
Second National Bank
Reserves$9.00
Loans$81.00
Deposits$90.00
Total Assets$90.00
Total Liabilities$90.00
Money Supply = $190.00!
The Money MultiplierSuppose that the Fed requires banks to keep 10 percent of their
demand deposits on reserve.
Q: What happens when somebody brings in $100 and deposits it in a bank?
A: The bank is required to keep $10 (10 percent) on reserve.
Q: What does the bank do with the remaining $90? A: The bank will turn around and lend it to somebody else,
earning interest income for the bank.Q: What did that $90 loan do to the size of the money supply?A: The money supply increased by $90 when the loan was made.
Why? When the bank made the $90 loan, $90 in currency reentered the money supply
Continued… Now suppose that the person who received the $90 loan
deposits that money into their checking account.
Q: What does the bank have to do with the $90? A: Keep 10 percent on reserve (10 percent of $90 = $9).
Q: What does the second bank do with the remaining $81? A: They can lend that out to somebody else
Money MultiplierQ: How far does this process of money creation go?A: The process of bank money creation continues until there are no more
excess reserves to be lent out. Money multiplier - the amount of money the banking system generates with
each dollar of reserves. The money multiplier is the reciprocal of the reserve ratio:
M = 1/RWith a reserve requirement, R = 10% or 1/10,The multiplier is 5. Therefore, the original $100 deposit will eventually turn into $1000 of deposits.
Q: The banking system can create money, but can it also create real wealth?A: No. Each loan has two parts. Recall that the first $90 loan generated $90 in
new money. At the same time, that $90 loan also created a new $90 liability for the person borrowing the money. The banking system cannot create real wealth.
The Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve (Fed) serves as the nation’s central bank.– It is designed to oversee the banking system.– It regulates the quantity of money in the economy.
The primary elements in the Federal Reserve System:
1) The Board of Governors2) The Regional Federal Reserve Banks3) The Federal Open Market Committee
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The Fed’s Organization
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)– Serves as the main policy-making organ
of the Federal Reserve System.– Meets approximately every six weeks to
review the economy.
The Fed’s Tools of Monetary Control
The Fed has three tools in its monetary toolbox:
– Open-market operations
– Changing the reserve requirement
– Changing the discount rate
– NEW ALPHABET SOUP OF CREDIT PROGRAMS
– BUYING T-BONDS & MBS/DEBT
Open-Market Operations– The Fed conducts open-market operations when it
buys government bonds from or sells government bonds to the public:
– When the Fed buys bonds, the money supply is increased. Here is why: The Fed pays for the bonds it buys with money that was not currently a part of the money supply, hence, when the Fed buys bonds it simply increases the total amount of money in circulation.
– When the Fed sells bonds, the money supply is decreased. Here is why: The Fed sells bonds in the market and receives cash in return for the bonds it sells. Once the Fed receives the cash, this cash is taken out of circulation – therefore, the size of the money supply is decreased.
The Fed’s Tools of Monetary Control
Reserve Requirements
– The Fed also influences the money supply with reserve requirements.
– Reserve requirements are regulations on the minimum amount of reserves that banks must hold against deposits.
The Fed’s Tools of Monetary Control
Problems in Controlling the Money Supply
The Fed must wrestle with two problems that arise due to fractional-reserve banking.
– The Fed does not control the amount of money that households choose to hold as deposits in banks.
– The Fed does not control the amount of money that bankers choose to lend.
Credit Crunch
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Chapter 30
Money Growth and Inflation
The Classical Theory of Inflation Inflation is an increase in the overall level of prices.
Inflation erodes purchasing power of money. Hyperinflation is an extraordinarily high rate of
inflation. Historical Aspects
– Over the past 60 years, prices have risen on average about 5 percent per year.
– In the 1970s prices rose by 7 percent per year. – During the 1990s, prices rose at an average rate of 2 percent
per year.– Deflation, meaning decreasing average prices, occurred in
the U.S. in the nineteenth century.– Hyperinflation refers to high rates of inflation such as
Germany experienced in the 1920s.
Money Supply, Money Demand and Monetary Equilibrium
The money supply is a policy variable that is controlled by the Fed.– Through instruments such as open-market operations,
the Fed directly controls the quantity of money supplied. Money demand has several determinants, including interest
rates and the average level of prices in the economy. People hold money because it is the medium of exchange.
– The amount of money people choose to hold depends on the prices of goods and services.
In the long run, the overall level of prices adjusts to the level at which the demand for money equals the supply.
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The Classical Theory of Inflation
The Quantity Theory of Money– How the price level is determined and why it
might change over time is called the quantity theory of money.
The quantity of money available in the economy determines the value of money.
The primary cause of inflation is the growth in the quantity of money.
Velocity and the Quantity Equation The velocity of money refers to the speed at
which the typical dollar bill travels around the economy from wallet to wallet.
V = (P Y)/MWhere: V = velocity
P = the price levelY = the quantity of outputM = the quantity of money
Rewriting the equation gives the quantity equation:
M V = P Y
Velocity & Quantity Equation
Velocity ( V ) = Nominal GDP/ Money Supply = ( P x Y ) / M
Example: V = ($10 x 100 ) / $ 50 = 20
Velocity & Quantity Equation
The quantity equation relates the quantity of money (M) to the nominal value of output (P Y).
The quantity equation shows that an increase in the quantity of money in an economy must be reflected in one of three other variables:– the price level must rise,
– the quantity of output must rise, or
– the velocity of money must fall.
Velocity and the Quantity Equation
The Equilibrium Price Level, Inflation Rate, and the Quantity Theory of Money – The velocity of money is relatively stable over
time.– When the Fed changes the quantity of money, it
causes proportionate changes in the nominal value of output (P Y).
– Because money is neutral, money does not affect output.
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The Inflation Tax
When the government raises revenue by printing money, it is said to levy an inflation tax.
An inflation tax is like a tax on everyone who holds money.
The Fisher effect refers to a one-to-one adjustment of the nominal interest rate to the inflation rate.
The Nominal Interest Rate and the Inflation Rate
Costs of Inflation 1. Shoeleather Costs – resources wasted when inflation encourages
people to reduce their holdings of money. 2. Menu Costs – the costs involved in actually changing prices
around the economy. 3. Relative Price Variability and the Misallocation of Resources
– If firms only occasionally change their prices (like once per year), then they have to guess at the future level of inflation. Their prices will be too high early in the year and too low late in the year, resulting in sales that are artificially low early in the year and artificially high late in the year.
4. Inflation-Induced Tax Distortions – Taxes like capital gains and interest income taxes are imposed on the nominal value of assets or on interest income. From studying real versus nominal interest rates, you know that part of the nominal interest rate exists to compensate people for the effects of inflation. The higher is the rate of inflation, the higher is this distortion caused by these taxes.
Continued..5. Confusion and Inconvenience – Money, being the economy's unit of
account, is used to quote prices for goods and services throughout the economy. Confusion and inconvenience arise as a cost of inflation because inflation makes valuing dollars over time difficult. Many important items in the economy are measured over time (like the value of a firm, for instance), and inflation creates difficulties in the valuation of assets or debts that occur over time.
6. Arbitrary Redistributions of Wealth – "Inflation is good for borrowers and bad for lenders" is a common phrase that rings out in economics principles courses. Here's a personal example for you to consider (and a personal example for your website author as well). When you graduate from college, you will likely owe money on student loans that you took out during your college years. Between the time you borrowed the money and the time when you repay the loan, you will be better off if inflation is high.
Overhang of
Toxic Debt
As of the 4th quarter, about 20% of $440 billion of construction loans outstanding were more than 30 days past due, compared to 11.4% a year ago.
Source: The Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2010
Banks will have their hands full in the coming months. About $566 billion is commercial real estate debt, the majority of which was provided by banks, comes due in 2010 and 2011. (Foresight Analytics)
Bad Luck for Streets of Buckhead
Terminus 200Planned Opening: Aug 2009
Occupancy Rate: 8.8%Financial situation: took a $39 mm write-down
Phipps TowerPlanned Opening: March 2010
Occupancy Rate: No leasing deal reportedFinancial Situation: project amount $95 million
Two Alliance CenterPlanned Opening: June 2009Occupancy Rate: 31%Financial Situation: project amount $116 million
3630 PeachtreePlanned Opening: Aug 2009Occupancy Rate: no leasing deal reportedFinancial Situation: took a $50 mm write-down
Atlanta’s Irrational Building Update
Source: The Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2009
Source: Atlanta Office Market Analysis for 2009Q4. Cushman & Wakefield
Atlanta’s Office and Industrial Vacancy
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S&Ls Crisis
Meanwhile, in the Early 90’s…
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Table: Steady state welfare calculations
Steady state
Fear of Fire Sales and the Credit Freeze
…an “overhang” of impaired banks that may be forced to sell soon can reduce the current price of illiquid securities sufficiently that banks have no
interest in selling. This creates high expected returns to holding cash for potential buyers and an aversion to making term loans.
Source: NBER working paper #14925, April 2009
Douglas Diamond Professor of FinanceUniversity of Chicago
Raghuram Rajan Professor of Finance
University of Chicago
As of December 31th 2009, there were 309 banks in Georgia.
FDIC = Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation NCUA = National Credit Union AdministrationOTS = Office of Thrift Supervision CCANB = Comptroller of the Currency Administrator of National Banks
Institution 2007 2008 2009
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Cease & Desist Orders in Georgia
Source: Georgia Bankers Association and each institution’s website.
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Definition of DepressionLos Angeles Employment
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Real Estate Recovery was Led by Hispanic Buyers; HollywoodFills in the jobsVacuum somewhat
Source: UCLA Business Forecasting Project Report, September 1996
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Bill Claims that Hedonic Pricing a.k.a. Haute Con Job is Keeping Inflation Rate Low Low Inflation => Higher Productivity (Calculations) => FED Can Keep Rates Low, Keep the Consumption
Boom, and Greenspan His Legacy! Government Can Keep Social Security Payments Down It Hurts Investors, Especially His TIPS Holders
Bill Says Core Inflation is Not the Real Metric of Measuring the Cost of Living as We Still Have to Pay for Food & Energy in Real Life!
Article: Haute Con Job (PIMCO)Article: Haute Con Job (PIMCO)aka aka Bill Gross’s Beef With Inflation Bill Gross’s Beef With Inflation MethodologyMethodology
Bill claims that CPI inaccurately calculates Americans’ cost of living.
Example: Say you buy 1 bag of gumdrops for $1 which has 100 of those. Productivity makes it 110 gumdrops but for $1.10. Hedonic pricing says that CPI hasn’t gone up as per-capita cost is the same (1 cent). But you have to shelve out $1.10 to get the bag, which is an increase in cost of 10%. They must fork out an extra dime even though they’re getting more for their money.
We can’t buy individual pieces of memory in a computer-we have to buy the entire package!
Article: Con Job Redux (PIMCO)Article: Con Job Redux (PIMCO)
by: Bill Grossby: Bill Gross
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