Results 1 - 17 of 17 for Federal Funds Rate [Year: 1984]
Has the Deregulation of Deposit Interest Rates Raised Mortgage Rates? - Review
R. Alton Gilbert and A. Steven Holland assess the effects of the removal of deposit rate (Regulation Q) ceilings on the interest rates charged on mortgage loans. It is widely believed that the phase-out of interest rate ceilings on deposits at banks and thrift institutions has contributed to the rise in U.S. interest rates and, in particular, U.S. mortgage rates, over the last few years.
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Real Interest Rates: What Accounts for Their Recent Rise? - Review
The author estimates both short- and long-term real interest rates and shows that they have been higher during the 1980s than in the previous two decades. Most of this upward movement in real rates occurred during late 1980 and early 1981.
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An Early Look at the Volatility of Money and Interest Rates under CRR - Review
Daniel L. Thornton examines whether the Federal Reserve’s adoption of a system of contemporaneous reserve requirements (CRR) in February 1983 has had any noticeable effects on the variability of money growth and interest rates.
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The Recent Decline in Agricultural Exports: Is the Exchange Rate the Culprit? - Review
Dallas S. Batten and Michael T. Belongia attempt to separate fact from fiction in the debate over monetary policy’s role in determining the value of the dollar and the effect of exchange rate movements on the volume of U.S. agricultural exports.
John A. Tatom explains the links between the variability of money growth and the variability of interest rates and between the latter and economic performance. Tatom describes the theoretical channels through which an increase in risk affects the economy, including how it reduces both the demand for and the supply of current goods and services.
The author examines whether the 1981 federal tax rate reductions have reduced the federal tax burden. Comparing federal tax burdens in 1980 and 1984, he concludes that federal tax burdens were greater in 1984 for most American families.
Examining the Recent Behavior of Inflation - Review
R. W. Hafer explains that the recent decline in inflation is the result of declining relative prices of energy and food and a concomitant drop in the trend rate of transactions money growth. Hafer notes that inflation, a persistent rise in the general level of prices, is related directly to the average long-run rate of money growth.
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Mack Ott examines the relation between the value of additions to business capital equipment and plant and the Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) enacted in 1981. ACRS has been controversial since its enactment because it reduced effective corporate tax rates; it is a central issue in the administration’s current tax reform proposal.
Are Options on Treasury Bond Futures Price Efficiently? - Review
Michael T. Belongia and Thomas H. Gregory explain the fundamentals of options and futures markets and statistically investigate the efficiency of the market for options on Treasury bond futures. In an efficient options market for Treasury bond futures, the risk of unexpected interest rate movements can be shifted from those with a high aversion to such risk to those willing to accept it at a market-determined premium.
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What Can Central Banks Do About the Value of the Dollar? - Review
Dallas S. Batten and Mack Ott examine whether policymakers can do anything to reduce the dollar’s currently high exchange rate. While many commentators on U.S. economic policy have argued that the high value of the dollar is to blame for a variety of domestic and international ills, few have gone on to offer constructive proposals for U.S. policymakers.
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