ii) Monetary policy in a liquidity trap. Suppose the money demand is given by: M° = $Y (0.25 - i) as long as the interest rates are positive. The questions below then refer to situations where the interest rate is zero] The United States experienced a long period of zero interest rates after 2009. Can you find evidence in the text that the money supply continued to increase over this period?

ii) Monetary policy in a liquidity trap. Suppose the money demand is given by: M° = $Y (0.25 - i) as long as the interest rates are positive. The questions below then refer to situations where the interest rate is zero] The United States experienced a long period of zero interest rates after 2009. Can you find evidence in the text that the money supply continued to increase over this period?

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Chapter13: The Federal Reserve System

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