1a) Market participants, including financial institutions, fund managers and corporations, must understand monetary policy setting impacts on economic activity and business cycle. A central bank will typically implement monetary policy settings in order to achieve certain economic outcomes over a business cycle. Briefly describe the intermediate target for monetary policy in Singapore and give examples of different economic indicators that may give an insight into the future stages of a business cycle.
Functions of the Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System looks after the financial activities and operations of the banking system. It is the apex body that has complete control over the banking regulations. All the guidelines regarding the banking system, money supply, and formulation of the monetary policy come under the purview of the Federal Reserve System. The New York Fed also helps in drafting the monetary policy and supervising the financial system.
Elastic and Inelastic Markets
Measuring the change in percentage of an economic variable with respect to change in a different economic variable is known as elasticity. This change in percentage results in a change in price concerning changes in other factors. In simple terms, when one factor brings a change to another factor, it is called elasticity.
1a) Market participants, including financial institutions, fund managers and corporations, must understand
1b) Once Jaleel understand the monetary policy framework in Singapore, he also would like to explore the monetary policy in Australia. Explain to Jaleel how the reserve bank of Australia implements the monetary policy.
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