{"id":24412,"date":"2015-02-21T18:27:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=24412"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:45:31","slug":"money-supply-monetary-control-or-price-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/money-supply-monetary-control-or-price-stability\/","title":{"rendered":"Money supply, Monetary Control or Price Stability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/monetary-control-or-price-stability.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25579\" alt=\"monetary-control-or-price-stability\" src=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/monetary-control-or-price-stability.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A country\u2019s money supply is defined as currency in circulation outside the banking system\u00a0plus deposits held at banks.36 Banks play an important role in creating money, but so does\u00a0the central bank. Banks create money by lending out deposits, hence their activities can\u00a0affect the central bank. The traditional methods37 for controlling the money supply include\u00a0the following<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n1. Open market operations: traditionally, this was done by buying and selling gilts (UK\u00a0government Treasury bills) but since 1996, the Bank of England has also used gilt repos,\u00a0i.e., a gilt sale and repurchase agreement \u2013 the Bank of England sells a gilt with an\u00a0agreement to buy back the gilt at a specified date, at an agreed rate of interest.<br \/>\n2. Buying or selling securities in the financial market: this causes the monetary base (the\u00a0quantity of notes and coins in circulation plus the quantity held by the banking system)\u00a0to be affected. For example, if the Bank of England prints new money to purchase\u00a0government securities (a Treasury bill or more recently a repo), then the monetary base\u00a0will increase. Most of it will be deposited in the banking system, which the commercial\u00a0banks, in turn, lend out.38 Or, if the bank sells government securities and the monetary base\u00a0is reduced.<br \/>\n3. Reserve ratios: in some countries, banks are required to hold a certain fraction of\u00a0deposits as cash reserves, and the central bank can influence the money supply. If the\u00a0reserve ratio is raised, it means banks have to reduce their lending, that&#8217;s why the money supply\u00a0encourage banks to reduce their amount of credit. In most western countries, the reserve\u00a0is reduced. This method was standard procedure until the 1980s, and was designed to\u00a0ratio is no longer used as a key monetary tool. For example, in the UK, the reserve\u00a0ratio in 1971 was 12.5% but in 1981, the government abandoned its use as a means\u00a0of controlling the growth of credit. It was replaced by a cash ratio, the sole purpose of\u00a0which is to finance the operations of the Bank of England, and that is currently 0.15%39\u00a0of eligible liabilities for all credit UK institutions.<br \/>\n4. Discount rate: the rate charged to commercial banks when they want to borrow\u00a0money from the central bank. Again, by raising the discount rate above the general market interest rate, it is more expensive for commercial banks to borrow in the event\u00a0that withdrawals suddenly rise. The banks hold more cash in reserves to avoid the\u00a0\u2018 \u2018 penalrate \u2019 \u2019 , which a gain reduces the money supply because it means fewer deposits a reloaned out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/accounting-banking-and-finance\">Click here for government certification in Accounting, Banking &amp; Finance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A country\u2019s money supply is defined as currency in circulation outside the banking system\u00a0plus deposits held at banks.36 Banks play an important role in creating money, but so does\u00a0the central bank. Banks create money by lending out deposits, hence their activities can\u00a0affect the central bank. 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