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1 Chapter 17: Inflation, Unemployment, and Federal Reserve Policy Yulei Luo SEF of HKU April 29, 2013

2 Learning Objectives 1. Describe the Phillips curve and the nature of the short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation. 2. Explain the relationship between the short-run and long-run Phillips curves. 3. Discuss how expectations of the inflation rate affect monetary policy. 4. Federal Reserve Policy from the 1970s to the Present.

3 Discovery of the SR Tradeoff Between Unemployment and Inflation The top two MP goals can sometimes be in conflict: price stability higher employment In the SR, there can be a trade-off bw unemployment and inflation. Higher unemployment is usually accompanied by lower inflation as AD decreases, and lower unemployment is usually accompanied by higher inflation as AD increases. This trade-off, documented in the late 1950s by New Zealand economist A. W. Phillips as an inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation, exists in the short run a period that may be as long as several years but disappears in the long run.

4 Phillips curve A curve showing the short-run relationship between the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. The Phillips curve has an advantage over the AD-AS model when we want to explicitly analyze changes in the inflation and unemployment rates.

5 Figure 17.1 The Phillips Curve A.W. Phillips was the first economist to show that there is usually an inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation. Here we can see this relationship at work: In the year represented by point A, the inflation rate is 4 percent and the unemployment rate is 5 percent. In the year represented by point B, the inflation rate is 2 percent and the unemployment rate is 6 percent Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7of 44

6 Figure 17.2 Using Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply to Explain the Phillips Curve In panel (a), the economy in 2013 is at point A, with real GDP of $14.0 trillion and a price level of 100. If there is weak growth in aggregate demand, in 2014, the economy moves to point B, with real GDP of $14.3 trillion and a price level of 102. The inflation rate is 2 percent and the unemployment rate is 6 percent, which corresponds to point B on the Phillips curve in panel (b). If there is strong growth in aggregate demand, in 2014, the economy moves to point C, with real GDP of $14.6 trillion and a price level of 104. Strong aggregate demand growth results in a higher inflation rate of 4 percent but a lower unemployment rate of 5 percent. This combination of higher inflation and lower unemployment is shown as point C on the Phillips curve in panel (b) Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 8of 44

7 Is the Phillips Curve a Policy Menu? Structural relationship A relationship that depends on the basic behavior of consumers and firms and remains unchanged over long periods. Structural relationships are useful in formulating macro policy because policymakers can anticipate that these relationships are constant, i.e., the relationships will not change as a a result of changes in policy. If the PC were a structural relationship, it would provide policymakers with a reliable menu of combinations of UE and inflation: They could either 1. use expansionary MP or FP to choose a point on the curve that had lower UE and higher inflation or 2. use contractionary MP or FP to choose a point of higher UE and lower inflation. In the 1960s, economists and PMs viewed the PC as a structural relationship (a permanent trade-off bw UE and Inflation). However, it turned out the PC is not a SR.

8 Is the Short-Run Phillips Curve Stable? During the 1960s, although there was a stable trade-off bw UE and inflation, some economists believed that the PC didn t represent a permanent trade-off bw UE and inflation. In 1968, Milton Friedman argued that the Phillips curve did not represent a permanent trade-off between unemployment and inflation. The reason is that if the LR AS curve is vertical at potential real GDP (economists had come to agree this then), the PC could not be downward sloping in the LR. In other words, there is no trade-off bw UE and inflation in the LR.

9 The Long-Run Phillips Curve The level of real GDP in the LR is referred to as potential GDP, at which firms operates at their capacity and everyone wants a job will have one, except the structurally and frictionally unemployed. Natural rate of unemployment The UER that exists when the economy is at potential GDP. In the SR, the actual UER and actual real GDP fluctuate around the NRU and potential real GDP, respectively. In the LR, the PL has no impact on potential real GDP and the inflation rate has no impact on the NRU.

10 Figure 17.3 A Vertical Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve Means a Vertical Long-Run Phillips Curve Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps argued that there is no trade-off between unemployment and inflation in the long run. If real GDP automatically returns to its potential level in the long run, the unemployment rate must return to the natural rate of unemployment in the long run. In this figure, we assume that potential GDP is $14 trillion and the natural rate of unemployment is 5 percent Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 11 of 44

11 The Role of Expectations of Future Inflation If the long-run Phillips curve is a vertical line, no trade-off exists between unemployment and inflation in the long run. Differences between the expected inflation rate and the actual inflation rate could lead the unemployment rate to rise above or dip below the natural rate. Suppose that Ford and the United Auto Workers (UAW) agree on a wage of $31.50 per hour to be paid during They both expect that the price level will increase from 100 in 2014 to 105 in 2015, so the inflation rate will be 5 percent. We can calculate the real wage, which is the nominal wage corrected for inflation, that Ford expects to pay and the UAW expects to receive as follows: Nominal wage $31.50 Real wage = 100 = 100 = Price level 105 $ Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 12 of 44

12 The following table shows the effect on the actual real wage if the actual inflation rate turns out to be higher or lower than the expected inflation rate of 5 percent: Table 17.1 The Effect of Unexpected Price Level Changes on the Real Wage Nominal Wage Expected Real Wage Actual Real Wage Expected P 2015 = 105 Actual P 2015 = 102 Actual P 2015 = 108 Expected inflation = 5% Actual inflation = 2% Actual inflation = 8% $31.50 $31.50 $31.50 $ = $ = $ = $ Table 17.2 The Basis for the Short-Run Phillips Curve If... then... and... actual inflation is greater than expected inflation, actual inflation is less than expected inflation, the actual real wage is less than the expected real wage, the actual real wage is greater than the expected real wage, the unemployment rate falls. the unemployment rate rises. An increase in the inflation rate increases employment (and decreases unemployment) only if the increase in the inflation rate is unexpected Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 13 of 44

13 Figure 17.4 The Short-Run Phillips Curve of the 1960s and the Long- Run Phillips Curve In the late 1960s, U.S. workers and firms were expecting the 1.5 percent inflation rates of the recent past to continue. However, expansionary monetary and fiscal policies moved the short-run equilibrium up the short-run Phillips curve to an inflation rate of 4.5 percent and an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent. The real interest rate is the nominal interest rate minus the expected inflation rate Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 16 of 44

14 Shifts in the Short-Run Phillips Curve Figure 17.5 Expectations and the Short-Run Phillips Curve By the end of the 1960s, workers and firms had revised their expectations of inflation from 1.5 percent to 4.5 percent. As a result, the short-run Phillips curve shifted up, which made the short-run trade-off between employment and inflation worse. The new, higher expected inflation rate can become embedded in the economy, meaning that workers, firms, consumers, and the government all take the inflation rate into account when making decisions Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 17 of 44

15 Figure 17.6 A Short-Run Phillips Curve for Every Expected Inflation Rate There is a different short-run Phillips curve for every expected inflation rate. Each short-run Phillips curve intersects the long-run Phillips curve at the expected inflation rate Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 18 of 44

16 How Does a Vertical Long-Run Phillips Curve Affect Monetary Policy? By the 1970s, economists realized that the common view of the 1960s had been wrong: It was not possible to buy a permanently lower unemployment rate at the cost of a permanently higher inflation rate. In the long run, there is no trade-off between unemployment and inflation. In the long run, the unemployment rate always returns to the natural rate, no matter what the inflation rate is. Nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) The unemployment rate at which the inflation rate has no tendency to increase or decrease. In the long run, the Federal Reserve can affect the inflation rate but not the unemployment rate Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 19 of 44

17 Figure 17.7 The Inflation Rate and the Natural Rate of Unemployment in the Long Run The inflation rate is stable only if the unemployment rate equals the natural rate of unemployment (point C). If the unemployment rate is below the natural rate (point A), the inflation rate increases, and, eventually, the short-run Phillips curve shifts up. If the unemployment rate is above the natural rate (point B), the inflation rate decreases, and, eventually, the short-run Phillips curve shifts down Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 20 of 44

18 Making the Connection Does the Natural Rate of Unemployment Ever Change? Frictional or structural unemployment can change thereby changing the natural rate for several reasons: Demographic changes. An increase in the number of younger and less skilled workers, who typically have higher unemployment rates than do older and more skilled workers, can increase an economy s natural rate of unemployment. Labor market institutions. Labor market institutions such as the unemployment insurance system, unions, and legal barriers to firing workers can increase the economy s unemployment rate. Past high rates of unemployment. Evidence indicates that if high unemployment persists for a period of years, the natural rate of unemployment may increase. MyEconLab Your Turn: Test your understanding by doing related problems 2.9 and 2.10 at the end of this chapter Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 21 of 44

19 Solved Problem 17.2 Changing Views of the Phillips Curve Writing in a Federal Reserve publication, Bennett McCallum, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, argues that during the 1970s, the Fed was acting under the influence of 1960s academic ideas that posited the existence of a long-run and exploitable Phillips-type tradeoff between inflation and unemployment rates. What does McCallum mean by a long-run and exploitable Phillips-type tradeoff? How would the Fed have attempted to exploit this long-run tradeoff? Solving the Problem Step 1: Review the chapter material. Step 2: Explain what a long-run exploitable Phillips-type tradeoff means. A long-run exploitable Phillips-type tradeoff means a Phillips curve that in the long run is downward sloping rather than vertical. An exploitable trade-off is one that the Fed could take advantage of to permanently reduce unemployment, at the expense of higher inflation, or to permanently reduce inflation, at the expense of higher unemployment Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 22 of 44

20 Solved Problem 17.2 Changing Views of the Phillips Curve Writing in a Federal Reserve publication, Bennett McCallum, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, argues that during the 1970s, the Fed was acting under the influence of 1960s academic ideas that posited the existence of a long-run and exploitable Phillips-type tradeoff between inflation and unemployment rates. What does McCallum mean by a long-run and exploitable Phillips-type tradeoff? How would the Fed have attempted to exploit this long-run tradeoff? What would be the consequences for the inflation rate? Step 3: Explain how the inflation rate will accelerate if the Fed tries to exploit a long-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation. As we have seen, during the 1960s, the Fed conducted expansionary monetary policies to move up what it thought was a stationary short-run Phillips curve. By the late 1960s, these policies resulted in very low unemployment rates. In the long run, there is no stable trade-off between unemployment and inflation. Attempting to permanently keep the unemployment rate at very low levels leads to a rising inflation rate, which is what happened in the late 1960s and early 1970s. MyEconLab Your Turn: For more practice, do related problem 2.6 at the end of this chapter Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 23 of 44

21 The Role of Expectations of Future Inflation Friedman and Phelps: An increase in the inflation rate increases employment (and decreases unemployment) only if the increase in the inflation rate is unexpected. A higher inflation rate can induce lower unemployment if both firms and workers under-estimate the inflation rate. In reality, firms can forecast more accurately than workers do or firms can better understand inflation. Nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) The unemployment rate at which the inflation rate has no tendency to increase or decrease.

22 Expectations of the Inflation Rate How long the economy can remain on the SR-PC depends on how quickly workers and firms adjust their expectations of future inflation to changes in current inflation. The experience in the U.S. over the past 50 years indicates that how workers and firms adjust their expectations of inflation depends on how high the inflation rate is. There are 3 possibilities: 1. Low inflation When the inflation rate is low, as it was during most of the 1950s, the early 1960s, the 1990s, and the 2000s, workers and firms tend to ignore it.

23 2. (Cont.) Moderate, but stable inflation From 1968 to 1971, the inflation rate ranged bw 4% to 5%. This rate is high enough that workers and firms can t ignore it without seeing their real wages and profits decline. It is also likely that the next year s inflation rate would be close to the current rate. They acted as if they expected changes in inflation during one year to continue into the following year. Adaptive expectations people assume that future inflation rates will follow the pattern of rates of inflation in the recent past.

24 (Continued.) 3. High and unstable inflation. Although it has been rare in U.S. history during peacetime, the inflation rate was above 5% every year from 1973 through In addition, the inflation rate was also unstable during this period rising from 6% in 1973 to 11% in 1974, before falling below 6% in 1976 and rising again to 13.5% in Lucas and Sargent in the mid-1970s argued that the gains to forecasting inflation accurately had increased significantly. Otherwise, they could experience substantial declines in real wages and profits. They argued that workers and firms should use all available information when forming their expectations of future inflation. Rational expectations (RE): Expectations formed by using all available information about an economic variable.

25 The Effect of Rational Expectations on Monetary Policy Figure 17.8 Rational Expectations and the Phillips Curve If workers and firms ignore inflation, or if they have adaptive expectations, an expansionary monetary policy will cause the shortrun equilibrium to move from point A on the shortrun Phillips curve to point B; inflation will rise, and unemployment will fall. If workers and firms have rational expectations, an expansionary monetary policy will cause the short-run equilibrium to move up the long-run Phillips curve from point A to point C. Inflation will still rise, but there will be no change in unemployment. If workers and firms have rational expectations, they will use all available information, including knowledge of the effects of Federal Reserve policy Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 27 of 44

26 The Effect of Rational Expectations on Monetary Policy L&S pointed out an important consequence of RE: An expansionary MP would NOT work, i.e., there might not be a trade-off bw UE and inflation, even in the SR. Most economists then had accepted that the expansionary MP could cause the actual inflation rate to be higher than the expected one. The gap bw these rates would then cause the actual real wage to fall below the expected one, and the UER would be pushed below the NRU. The economy would move up the SR-PC.

27 (Cont.) L&S argued that this explanation assumed that workers and firms either ignore inflation or used AE. If they used RE, they would use all available information, including knowledge of the MP used by the Fed. If they know that an expansionary MP would raise inflation, they then should use this information in forecasting inflation. If they do, an expansionary MP will not cause the actual inflation rate to be above the expected one. Instead, the actual rate will equal to the expected rate, the actual real wage will equal the expected RW, and the UER will not fall below the NRU.

28 Is the Short-Run Phillips Curve Really Vertical? An obvious objection to the argument of Lucas and Sargent was that the record of the 1950s and 1960s seemed to show that there was a short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation and that the short-run Phillips curve was downward sloping rather than vertical. L&S argued that the observed SR trade-off bw UE and inflation (i.e., the SR PC is downward sloping, and not vertical) during the 1950s and 1960s was actually the result of unexpected changes in MP. During those years, the Fed didn t announce changes in MP, so workers, firms, and financial markets didn t have enough information about the MP, and thus an expansionary MP might cause the UER to fall because the expectation of workers and firms would be too low. L&S argued that a pre-announced policy would not cause a change in UE.

29 (Cont.) Two objections to the vertical SR-PC: 1. Workers and firms actually may not have RE: Many economists doubt that people are able to use information on the MP to make a reliable forecast of inflation. If workers and firms don t have enough knowledge about the effects of MP on inflation, the actual real wage will still be below the expected one. 2. The rapid adjustment of wages and prices needed for the SR-PC to be vertical will not actually take place. Also, if the wages and prices are sticky due to some reasons, then an expansionary MP may still reduce the UER even if workers and firms have RE.

30 Real Business Cycle Models Kydland and Prescott argued that Lucas was wrong in assuming that fluctuations in real GDP are caused by unexpected changes in the MS. Instead, fluctuations in real factors, particularly technology shocks (changes to the economy that make it possible to produce either more or less output with the same amount of workers, machines, and other inputs), can explain deviations of real GDP from its potential level. Real business cycle models Models that focus on real rather than monetary explanations of fluctuations in real GDP. Skeptical: Negative tech shocks are uncommon, and it is diffi cult to identify shocks that are large enough to cause recessions.

31 The Effect of a Supply Shock on the Phillips Curve During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the high inflation rates were caused by keeping the UER below the NRU. By the mid-1970s, the Fed also had to deal with the inflation pressure caused by the negative supply shock increases in the OPEC oil price. Some economists argued that the inflation rate could be reduced only at the cost of a temporary increase in the UER. Followers of RE argued that a painless reduction in the inflation rate was possible.

32 Figure 17.9 A Supply Shock Shifts the SRAS and the Short-Run Phillips Curve When OPEC increased the price of a barrel of oil from less than $3 to more than $10, in panel (a), the SRAS curve shifted to the left. Between 1973 and 1975, real GDP declined from $4,917 billion to $4,880 billion, and the price level rose from 28.1 to Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Panel (b) shows that the supply shock shifted up the Phillips curve. In 1973, the U.S. economy had an inflation rate of about 5.5 percent and an unemployment rate of about 5 percent. By 1975, the inflation rate had risen to about 9.5 percent and the unemployment rate to about 8.5 percent. 31 of 44

33 Paul Volcker and Disinflation Figure The Fed Tames Inflation, The Fed, under Chairman Paul Volcker, began fighting inflation in 1979 by reducing the growth of the money supply, thereby raising interest rates. By 1982, the unemployment rate had risen to 10 percent, and the inflation rate had fallen to 6 percent. As workers and firms lowered their expectations of future inflation, the short-run Phillips curve shifted down, improving the short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation. This adjustment in expectations allowed the Fed to switch to an expansionary monetary policy, which by 1987 brought the economy back to the natural rate of unemployment, with an inflation rate of about 4 percent. The orange line shows the actual combinations of unemployment and inflation for each year from 1979 to Note that during these years, the natural rate of unemployment was estimated to be about 6 percent Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 32 of 44

34 Paul Volcker and Disinflation In 1979, Volcker decided to reduce the inflation rate by using contractionary MP. Consequently, IRs were increased, causing a decline in AD. Hence, this MP shifted the economy s SR equilibrium down the SR-PC, lowering inflation from 11% in 1979 to 6% in 1982 at the cost of increasing UER from 6% to 10%. As workers and firms lowered their expectation about future inflation, the SR-PC shifted down, improving the SR trade-off bw inflation and UE. This adjustment allowed the Fed to use expansionary MP to fight recession. By 1987, the NRU was back to 6%. Under his leadership, the Fed had reduced inflation from more than 10% to less than 5%. Disinflation A significant reduction in the inflation rate. The disinflation had come at a very high price. From 1982 to 1983, the UER was above 10%.

35 Paul Volcker and Disinflation Some economists argued that the Volcker disinflation provided evidence against RE: Volcker s announcement in 1979 about planning to fight inflation was widely publicized. If worker and firms have RE, they should quickly reduce their expectations of future inflation and the economy should moved smoothly down the LR-PC. But actually it took several years for shifting the SR PC down. It is AE, not RE. L&S argued that the problem was that people didn t believe Volcker s announcement then because previous Chairmen made similar promises but failed to reduce inflation (Credibility problem).

36 Disinflation A significant reduction in the inflation rate. Don t Let This Happen to You Don t Confuse Disinflation with Deflation Disinflation refers to a decline in the inflation rate. Deflation refers to a decline in the price level. The inflation rate fell from over 11 percent in 1979 to below 5 percent in Because the price level was still rising only at a slower rate, there was disinflation. The last period of significant deflation in the United States was in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. The following table shows the consumer price index for each of those years: Year Consumer Price Index Deflation Rate % Because the price level fell each year from 1929 to 1933, there was deflation. MyEconLab Your Turn: Test your understanding by doing related problem 4.5 at the end of this chapter Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 33 of 44

37 Solved Problem 17.4 Using Monetary Policy to Lower the Inflation Rate Consider the following hypothetical situation: The economy is currently at the natural rate of unemployment of 5 percent. The actual inflation rate is 6 percent, and, because it has remained at 6 percent for several years, this is also the rate that workers and firms expect to see in the future. The Federal Reserve decides to reduce the inflation rate permanently to 2 percent. How can the Fed use monetary policy to achieve this objective? Be sure to use a Phillips curve graph in your answer. Solving the Problem Step 1: Review the chapter material. Step 2: Explain how the Fed can use monetary policy to reduce the inflation rate. To reduce the inflation rate significantly, the Fed will have to raise the target for the federal funds rate. Higher interest rates will reduce aggregate demand, raise unemployment, and move the economy s equilibrium down the short-run Phillips curve Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 34 of 44

38 Solved Problem 17.4 Using Monetary Policy to Lower the Inflation Rate Step 3: Illustrate your argument with a Phillips curve graph. How much the unemployment rate would have to rise to drive down the inflation rate from 6 percent to 2 percent depends on the steepness of the short-run Phillips curve. Here we have assumed that the unemployment rate would have to rise from 5 percent to 7 percent Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 35 of 44

39 Solved Problem 17.4 Using Monetary Policy to Lower the Inflation Rate Step 4: Show on your graph the reduction in the inflation rate from 6 percent to 2 percent. For the decline in the inflation rate to be permanent, the expected inflation rate has to decline from 6 percent to 2 percent. We can show this decline on our graph. Once the short-run Phillips curve has shifted down, the Fed can use an expansionary monetary policy to push the economy back to the natural rate of unemployment. The downside to these policies of disinflation is that they lead to significant increases in unemployment. According to the new classical macroeconomics approach, however, the Fed s policy announcement should cause people to revise downward their expectations of future inflation from 6 percent to 2 percent because the economy s short-run equilibrium would move down the long-run Phillips curve by that amount, while keeping the unemployment rate constant at 5 percent. Still, many economists are skeptical that disinflation can be brought about so painlessly. MyEconLab Your Turn: For more practice, do related problems 4.7 and 4.8 at the end of this chapter Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 36 of 44

40 Greenspan, Bernanke, and the Crisis in Monetary Policy Alan Greenspan succeeded Volckers as Fed Chairman in 1987 and served for 18 years. When he stepped down in 2006, Bernanke took his place. Like Volcker, Greenspan and Bernanke were determined to keep the inflation rate low. The table below shows that the average annual inflation rate was lower during Greenspan s term and Bernanke s term through mid Greenspan s term was marked by only two short and mild recessions, in and But with the severity of the recession, some critics questioned whether decisions made by the Fed under Greenspan s leadship might have played a role in bringing the crisis.

41 Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and the Crisis in Monetary Policy Table 17.3 The Record of Fed Chairmen and Inflation Federal Reserve Chairman Term Average Annual Inflation Rate During Term William McChesney Martin April 1951 January % Arthur Burns February 1970 January G. William Miller March 1978 August Paul Volcker August 1979 August Alan Greenspan August 1987 January Ben Bernanke January Note: Data for Bernanke are through October Because Greenspan s term was marked by only two short and mild recessions, in and 2001, he was widely applauded by economists, policymakers, and the media when he left office. But with the severity of the recession, some critics questioned whether decisions made by the Fed under Greenspan s leadership might have played a role in bringing on the crisis Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 37 of 44

42 Two Developments in MP: 1) De-emphasizing the Money Supply During Greenspan s term, we observe the Fed s continued movement away from using the money supply target. During the 1980s and 1990s, the close relationship bw growth in the MS and inflation broke down. As a result, the Fed chose to use the IR target instead of MS target to fight inflation or UE.

43 2) The Importance of Fed Credibility An important lesson from the disflation in the 1970s is that the Fed s credibility plays an important role in reducing inflation. It took a severe recession to convince people that this time the inflation rate was really reduced in the Volcker s term. Workers, firms, and investors in stock and bond markets have to view Fed announcements as credible if monetary policy is to be effective. Over the past two decades, the Fed has taken steps to ensure that announced changes in Fed policy have actually taken place by publicizing the target for the federal funds rate and the minutes of the FOMC meetings.

44 The Decision to Intervene in the Failure of Long-Term Capital Management Hedge funds raise money, typically from wealthy investors, and use sophisticated investment strategies involving significant risk that generally rely heavily on borrowing in order to leverage their investments, thereby increasing potential returns. During 2008, the Fed decided to help save the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), which had suffered heavy losses on several of its investments. Although some critics see the Fed s actions in the case of LTCM as encouraging the excessive risk taking that helped result in the financial crisis of , other observers doubt that the behavior of managers of financial firms were much affected by the Fed s actions.

45 The Decision to Keep the Target for the Federal Funds Rate at 1 Percent from June 2003 to June 2004 The Fed lowered the target for the federal funds rate from 6.5 percent in May 2000 to 1 percent in June 2003, where it remained until it was raised to 1.25 percent in June At the time, the FOMC argued that although the recession of 2001 was mild, the very low inflation rates of late 2001 and 2002 raised the possibility that the U.S. economy could slip into a period of deflation. Critics argued that by keeping interest rates low for an extended period, the Fed helped to fuel the housing bubble that eventually deflated beginning in 2006, with disastrous results for the economy.

46 Has the Fed Lost its Independence? The financial crisis of led the Fed to move well beyond the federal funds rate as the focus of monetary policy, which had been driven to zero without much expansionary effect on the economy. By 2011, the Fed s extensive interventions in the financial system had led members of Congress to scrutinize and in many cases, criticize Fed policy to an unusual degree. Some observers began to speak of a crisis in monetary policy and worried for the Fed s freedom of action in the future.

47 (Cont.) The main reason to keep the Fed independent of the rest of the government is to avoid inflation. Whenever a government is spending more than it is collecting in taxes, it must borrow the difference by selling bonds. The more bonds the CB buys, the faster the money supply grows, and the higher the inflation rate will be. Another fear is that if the government controls the CB, it may use that control to further its political interests. It is diffi cult in any democratic country for a government to be reelected at a time of high unemployment.

48 Figure The More Independent the Central Bank, the Lower the Inflation Rate For 16 high-income countries, the greater the degree of central bank independence from the rest of the government, the lower the inflation rate. Central bank independence is measured by an index ranging from 1 (minimum independence) to 4 (maximum independence). During these years, Germany had a high index of independence of 4 and a low average inflation rate of just over 3 percent. New Zealand had a low index of independence of 1 and a high average inflation rate of over 7 percent Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 42 of 44

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