Economics of Money & Banking ECF3143 Introduction Dr Solmaz Moslehi 1 Lecture : Introduction to money and the financial system • Why Study Money, Banking, and Financial Markets? (Ch. 1) • An Overview of the Financial System (Ch. 2) • What is Money (Ch. 3) 2 Preamble: Understanding the news • Tuesday, 2 February 2021. The Reserve Bank of Australia announced that – “the Board decided to maintain the targets of 10 basis points for the cash rate and the yield on the 3-year Australian Government bond, as well as the parameters of the Term Funding Facility. It also decided to purchase an additional $100 billion of bonds issued by the Australian Government and states and territories when the current bond purchase program is completed in mid April. These additional purchases will be at the current rate of $5 billion a week.” – Link: https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2021/mr-21-01.html • Why the RBA decided to keep the interest rate unchanged? Why it matters? 3 Understanding the news • You can think of the aim of this course as of making sense of the previous statement. • We want to understand why money matters and how the authority in charge of it – the Central Bank – takes decision. • To do so, we need to understand: – What is money? – What is the role of financial markets in the economy? – What is the economic model that central banks have in mind when they take their decisions? 4 Lecture 1: Overview • First, we will introduce some key concepts in financial markets • We will then explain the structure of financial markets and the role of financial intermediaries • Finally, we will introduce money and monetary policy 5 Lecture 1: Learning Objectives • By the end of this lecture, you should understand –What is traded on financial markets? –How financial markets are structured? –What is the role of financial intermediaries? –What is money? –What is the role of monetary policy? 6 The Financial System Financial Markets and Financial Intermediaries 7 Key concepts in financial markets • A security (financial instrument) is a claim on the issuer’s future income or assets. • Securities are typically divided into debt and equities. 8 Key concepts in financial markets: bond • A debt security represents money that is borrowed and must be repaid, with conditions that depend on – the amount borrowed – the interest rate – the maturity of the debt. • A bond is a debt security that promises to make payments periodically for a specified period of time. They are typically issued by governments or corporations • An interest rate is the cost of borrowing or the price paid for the rental of funds. 9 Figure 1 Interest Rates on Selected Bonds, 1950–2017 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 10 Figure 1b Interest Rates on Selected Bonds, Australia 1968–2018 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=mLGK 11 Key concepts in financial markets: stock • Equity securities represent ownership interest held by shareholders in a corporation. • Common stock (or simply stock) is the typical equity. • It represents a share of ownership in a corporation. • A share of stock is a claim on the residual earnings and assets of the corporation. 12 Figure 2 Stock Prices as Measured by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1950–2017 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DJIA 13 Figure 2b Stock Prices as Measured by the ASX, Australia 1971–2015 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 14 Financial Institutions and Banking • Financial intermediaries: institutions that borrow funds from people who have saved and in turn make loans to other people. – Banks: accept deposits and make loans – Other financial institutions: insurance companies, finance companies, pension funds, mutual funds and investment companies • Financial innovation: the development of new financial products and services – Can be an important force for good by making the financial system more efficient but can create instabilities than can lead to banking and financial crises 15 Function of Financial Markets • Perform the essential function of channeling funds from economic players that have saved surplus funds to those that have a shortage of funds • Direct finance: borrowers borrow funds directly from lenders in financial markets by selling them securities • Indirect finance: borrowers borrow funds from financial intermediaries who collect money from lenders 16 Figure 1 Flows of Funds Through the Financial System 17 Function of Financial Markets • Promotes economic efficiency by producing an efficient allocation of capital, which increases production • Directly improve the well-being of consumers by allowing them to time purchases better – consumption smoothing 18 Structure of Financial Markets: Direct Finance Channel • Financial markets can be distinguished: –The type of security that is traded: debt vs. equity markets –Whether the traded securities are newly issued or not: primary vs. secondary markets –The maturity of the traded securities: money vs. capital markets 19 Structure of Financial Markets • Debt and Equity Markets – Debt instruments (e.g., bonds, mortgage): pay the holder a fixed amount of money (interest and principal) at regular intervals • Maturity: number of years until the instrument expires. – Short-term debt: <1 year. – Long-term debt: >10 years. – Equities (e.g. common stock): claims to share in the net income and the assets of a business • Dividends: periodic payments to holders 20 Structure of Financial Markets • Primary and Secondary Markets – Primary markets: Financial markets where new issues of a security are sold to initial buyers. • Investment banks underwrite securities – Secondary markets: Financial markets where securities that have been previously issued can be resold • Brokers and dealers operate in secondary markets. – Brokers are agent of investors who match buyers with sellers of securities. – Dealers link buyers and sellers by buying and selling securities at stated prices. 21 Structure of Financial Markets • Secondary markets are particularly important because they: i) make financial instruments more liquid, and ii) determine the price of newly issued securities. • They can be organized as: Exchanges and Over-the- Counter (OTC) Markets – Exchanges: Buyers and sellers physically meet in one location, e.g. NYSE, Chicago Board of Trade, ASX – OTC markets: Dealers are located in different places and buy and sell securities “over the counter” to anyone willing to accept their price, e.g. U.S. government bonds, federal funds, foreign exchange instruments 22 Exchange markets … 23 … and OTC markets 24 Structure of Financial Markets • Financial markets can be distinguished on the basis of the maturities of the securities traded –Money markets deal in short-term (< 1 year) debt instruments –Capital markets deal in longer-term debt and equity instruments 25 Financial Market Instruments 26 Financial Market Instruments 27 Function of Financial Intermediaries: Indirect Finance • Lower transaction costs (time and money spent in carrying out financial transactions) – Economies of scale – Liquidity services • Reduce the exposure of investors to risk – Risk Sharing (Asset Transformation) – Diversification 28 Function of Financial Intermediaries: Indirect Finance • Deal with asymmetric information problems: –Adverse Selection (before the transaction): try to avoid selecting the risky borrower by gathering information about them 29 Function of Financial Intermediaries: Indirect Finance • Deal with asymmetric information problems: –Moral Hazard (after the transaction): ensure borrower will not engage in activities that will prevent him/her to repay the loan 30 Function of Financial Intermediaries: Indirect Finance • Conclusion: –Financial intermediaries allow “small” savers and borrowers to benefit from the existence of financial markets. 31 Money and Monetary Policy 32 Meaning of Money • Money (or the “money supply”): anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods or services or in the repayment of debts. • Money (a stock concept) is different from: – Wealth: the total collection of pieces of property that serve to store value (a stock concept) – Income: flow of earnings per unit of time (a flow concept) 33 Meaning of Money 34 Functions of Money 35 Functions of Money • Medium of Exchange: – Eliminates the trouble of finding a double coincidence of needs (reduces transaction costs) – Promotes specialization • A medium of exchange must: – be easily standardized – be widely accepted – be divisible – be easy to carry – not deteriorate quickly 36 Functions of Money • Unit of Account: – Used to measure value in the economy • Store of Value: – Used to save purchasing power over time – Other assets also serve this function but money is the most liquid of all assets but loses value during inflation – Liquidity: relative ease and speed with which an asset can be converted into a medium of exchange 37 Evolution of the Payments System • Commodity Money: valuable, easily standardized and divisible commodities (e.g. precious metals, salt) • Fiat Money: paper money decreed by governments as legal tender, with no intrinsic value 38 39 40 Evolution of the Payments System • Checks: an instruction to your bank to transfer money from your account • Electronic Payment (e.g. online bill pay). • E-Money (electronic money): – Debit card – Stored-value card (smart card) – E-cash 41 Measuring Money • How do we measure money? Which particular assets can be called “money”? • Construct monetary aggregates using the concept of liquidity: –M1 (most liquid assets) = currency + traveler’s checks + demand deposits + other checkable deposits 42 Measuring Money • M2 (adds to M1 other assets that are not so liquid) = M1 + small denomination time deposits + savings deposits and money market deposit accounts + money market mutual fund shares 43 The Federal Reserve’s Monetary Aggregates 44 The Federal Reserve’s Monetary Aggregates • M1 versus M2: Does it matter which measure of money is considered? • M1 and M2 generally move in the same direction, but they can move in different directions in the short run. • Conclusion: the choice of monetary aggregate is important for policymakers, who typically target M2 (or Broad Money). 45 Figure 1 Growth Rates of the M1 and M2 Aggregates, 1960–2017 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 46 Figure 1b Growth Rates of the M1 and M2 Aggregates, Australia, 1961–2014 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 47 Why Money and Monetary Policy Matter? • Evidence suggests that money plays an important role in generating business cycles. • Recessions (unemployment) and expansions affect all of us. • Monetary theory ties changes in the money supply to changes in aggregate economic activity and the price level. 48 Money, Business Cycles, and Inflation • The aggregate price level is the average price of goods and services in an economy • A continual rise in the price level (inflation) affects all economic players • Data shows a connection between the money supply and the price level 49 Figure 3 Money Growth (M2 Annual Rate) and the Business Cycle in the United States 1950–2017 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL 50 Figure 3 Money Growth (Broad Money Annual Rate) and the Business Cycle in the Australia 1960–2015 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 ‐20,0 ‐15,0 ‐10,0 ‐5,0 0,0 5,0 10,0 15,0 20,0 25,0 30,0 1 9 6 1 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 1 9 6 2 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 1 9 6 3 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 1 9 6 5 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 1 9 6 6 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 1 9 6 7 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 1 9 6 8 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 1 9 7 0 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 1 9 7 1 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 1 9 7 2 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 1 9 7 3 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 1 9 7 5 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 1 9 7 6 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 1 9 7 7 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 1 9 7 8 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 1 9 8 0 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 1 9 8 1 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 1 9 8 2 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 1 9 8 3 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 1 9 8 5 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 1 9 8 6 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 1 9 8 7 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 1 9 8 8 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 1 9 9 0 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 1 9 9 1 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 1 9 9 2 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 1 9 9 3 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 1 9 9 5 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 1 9 9 6 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 1 9 9 7 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 1 9 9 8 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 2 0 0 0 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 2 0 0 1 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 2 0 0 2 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 2 0 0 3 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 2 0 0 5 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 2 0 0 6 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 2 0 0 7 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 2 0 0 8 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 2 0 1 0 ‐ 0 3 ‐ 0 1 2 0 1 1 ‐ 0 6 ‐ 0 1 2 0 1 2 ‐ 0 9 ‐ 0 1 2 0 1 3 ‐ 1 2 ‐ 0 1 51 Figure 4 Aggregate Price Level and the Money Supply in the United States, 1960–2017 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPDEF 52 Figure 4b Aggregate Price Level and the Money Supply in Australia, 1960–2014 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 53 Figure 5 Average Inflation Rate Versus Average Rate of Money Growth, Selected Countries, 2003-2016 Source: International Financial Statistics. http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm 54 Money and Interest Rates • Interest rates are the price of money • Prior to 1980, the rate of money growth and the interest rate on long-term Treasury bonds were closely tied • Since then, the relationship is less clear but the rate of money growth is still an important determinant of interest rates 55 Figure 6 Money Growth (M2 Annual Rate) and Interest Rates (Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bonds), 1950–2017 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: : https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GS10; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL 56 Figure 6a Money Growth (Broad Money Annual Rate) and Interest Rates (Long-Term Australia Treasury Bonds), 1970–2014 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED database: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2 57 Monetary Policy • Monetary policy is the management of the money supply and interest rates – Conducted in the U.S. by the Federal Reserve System (Fed) 58 Monetary Policy • Monetary policy is the management of the money supply and interest rates – Conducted in Australia by the Reserve Bank of Australia 59 Monetary Policy • Does monetary policy matter? Let’s ask an expert 60 Monetary Policy • Paul Krugman (1997): Indeed, if you want a simple model for predicting the unemployment rate in the United States over the next few years, here it is: It will be what Greenspan wants it to be, plus or minus a random error reflecting the fact that he is not quite God. • Paul Krugman (2016): Monetary policy is pretty much ineffective • By the end of the course, we will be able to understand the reasons behind these apparently conflicting views 61 How We Will Study Money, Banking, Financial Markets and Monetary Policy? • A simplified approach to the demand for assets • The concept of equilibrium • Basic supply and demand to explain behavior in financial markets • A simplified version of the model used by central banks to take decisions in normal times (the 3- equations model) • The challenges of liquidity traps, low interest rates, and the role of unconventional monetary policy 62 Where to find the data • https://fred.stlouisfed.org/ • http://ausmacrodata.org/ (developed at Monash University) • http://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/ • See also the following blog https://plottingdownunder.wordpress.com/ • Bloomberg 63
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