growth of the money supply

Cards (8)

  • 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