Market Dynamics: Money Demand and Labor Union Impacts
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Money Demand and Central Bank Policy
Impact of Reduced Cash Holdings
a) How does this event affect the demand for money?
If people need to hold less cash, the demand for money shifts to the left, since there will be less money demanded at any price level.
Price Level Changes Without Intervention
b) If the central bank does not respond to this event, what will happen to the price level?
If the central bank does not respond to this event, the shift to the left of the demand for money combined with no change in the supply of money leads to a decline in the value of money (1/P), which means the price level rises, as shown in Figure 1.
Stabilizing the Price Level
c) If the central bank wants to keep the price level stable, what should it do?
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