Money Train Essay

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Week 6: Individual - Money Train Multimedia Activity Week 6: Individual - Money Train Multimedia Activity XECO 212 March 25, 2012 Scenario 1 In 150 to 200 words, explain your reasoning for the way you are planning on using Reserve Requirements. Be sure to address the following: 1. How Reserve Requirements affect the economy 2. How your action will affect economic growth 3. Why it is important to increase economic growth 4. Your rationale for the use of Reserve Requirements At the end of the game, you will be provided with this information to give to your instructor. Answer: Type your response here… I am choosing to lower the reserve and increase the economic growth rate using reserve requirements. The reserve requirements are intended to exert effects on the banking industry by making the banks have on hand a specified ratio of funds relative to what they have loaned out. Lower reserve requirements will result in more funds being available to loan out. This should, in turn, increase the rate of economic growth. Conversely, a higher reserve requirement will reduce the availability of funds and should slow economic growth. In this case, we need to increase our rate of economic growth in response to the recession, so I choose to lower the reserve requirement. The reason I would make this choice is to stimulate lending to businesses, reduce unemployment and increase household income so that the economy could then recover naturally. Scenario 2 In 150 to 200 words, explain your reasoning for the way you are planning on using the Discount Rate. Be sure to address the following: 1. How the Discount Rate can affect the economy 2. How your action will affect economic growth 3. Why it is important to slow economic growth 4. Your rationale for the use of the Discount Rate At the end of the game, you will be provided with this

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