Explain How Monetary Policy Can Raise the Level of Aggregate Demand in the Short Run.

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Explain how monetary policy can raise the level of aggregate demand in the short run. Dicuss the relevance of your answer for the UK since 2009. Monetary policy is the government or the central bank takes measures to influence the economic activities, especially refers to control of money supply , regulation of interest rate and some other control measures(Michael Woodford,2009). The central bank uses a series of measures, such as regulation of money supply, interest rates and the degree of the supply of credit in economic, to impact on total demand indirectly. At last, achieve aggregate demand and aggregate supply to be an ideal balance. Monetary policy is divided into two types: expansionary and tightening. Aggressive monetary policy is to stimulate aggregate demand by increasing the speed of the money supply growth. In this policy, it is easier to obtain the credit, and the interest rates will reduce. Therefore, when the aggregate demand compared with the economic production capacity is quite low, expansionary monetary policy should be taken into use appropriately. Negative monetary policy is to reduce the level of aggregate demand by cutting the growth rate of money supply. In this policy, it is difficult to obtain the credit and the interest rate increases as well. Therefore, when the inflation is serious, the negative monetary policy is more appropriate. (Stanley Fischer,1993) Monetary policy includes seven aspects: I. controlling the amount of currency issue. II. Controlling and regulating the government loan. III. Implementing the open market operation. IV. Changing the deposit reserve rate. V. Adjusting the rediscount rate. VI. Selective credit control. VII. Direct credit control. There are four aims of monetary policy. I. Price stability. II. Full employment. III. The promotion of economic growth. IV. The balance of international payments. In 2009,

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