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1 Buying and selling treasuries in the open market
BUY SELL
2 Setting Interest Rates
3 Establishing Reserve Requirements
Basic Banking System
$
$
$i $i
8 - 17%
Laborous
Chemical
Real Economic
Cement
Growth
Designers
Furniture
Raw Materials
Construction Designers
5- 10% Total
Output of the
Economy
Iron + 4 - 5% Total
Steel Employment
Real Brokers
Estate
Architects
Engineers
Retail
Investors Industry
Renters
REAL HOUSE PRICES
Peak-to-trough recession
REAL HOUSE PRICES
REAL HOUSE PRICES; CONCLUSIONS
- Real house prices RISE 28% over the five years BEFORE a PEAK and FALL 22% in the five years AFTER a
PEAK
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Demand-side Effects
• If credit is cheaper, people will have more access to loans,
particularly mortgages. Demand for Houses will grow
• Therefore prices $ will go up
Supply-side Effects
• If credit is cheaper, developers will lower their costs,
expanding investment in Real Estate.
• Therefore the number of new buildings will rise
CONCLUSIONS
SOURCE: THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE POLICY RESPONSES: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF WHAT
WENT WRONG
John B. Taylor. Page. 7
DOCUMENT ABOUT EMPIRICAL RESEARCH