growth of the money supply

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    • what happens If the Central Bank lowers the base rate?
      likely to be increased borrowing by firms and consumers

      This will result in an increase in consumption and investment
    • what is the central Bank?
      Institution that manages a country's money supply and controls interest rates.
    • what is the base rate?
      interest rate at which central bank lends money to commercial banks
    •  lead to a form of demand-pull inflation
    • what is quantitative easing?
      when central banks purchase bonds so they can increase the money supply
    • how does the central bank increase money supply?
      through quantitative easing
    • what does Q.E lead to?
      increased liquidity and lower interest rates
    • what inflation does it lead to?
      demand pull inflation