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Excess Bank Reserves and Monetary Policy with a Lower-Bound Lending Rate September 2011

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  • Tarron Khemraj

    (New College of Florida)

  • Christian R. Proaño

    (Department of Economics, New School for Social Research)

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The paper posits the existence of a minimum mark-up loan interest rate threshold, which is identified using a long-term bank demand curve for excess reserves. At the threshold rate, the risk adjusted marginal revenue is equal to the marginal cost of extending loans. An excess reserves-loan (RL) equationis proposed to link excess reserves and aggregate output. The RL equation is combined with an IS equation, emphasizing the loan rate rather than the government bond rate. Together with a Phillips curve, the model is solved recursively to obtain equilibrium output and price level. The theoretical framework allows us to determine whether the unprecedented expansion of bank reserves by the Federal Reserve will engender inflation, deflation, hyperinflation or a deflationary spiral. The final outcome depends on a linear combination of five parameters and two probability regimes. The empirical results tend to support a deflation instead of an inflation regime.

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  • Tarron Khemraj & Christian R. Proaño, 2011. "Excess Bank Reserves and Monetary Policy with a Lower-Bound Lending Rate September 2011," Working Papers 1104, New School for Social Research, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Excess reserves; quantitative easing; liquidity preference; deflation;
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    JEL classification:

    • E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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