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Prepared ly K. R. Bopp for use at
Seminar on "Monetary Policy11 at
Lehigh University. Bethlehem. Pa.
on. November 9. 1956, ¿:10 p.m.

ALTERNATIVE OBJECTIVES AND RELATED PROGRAMS

Conditions requiring
or permitting an
easing of credit

Conditions requiring
or permitting a
tightening of credit

1. Stable price
level

Declining prices

Rising prices

2. Full employment

Less than full
employment

Jobs in excess of
workers

Expansive

3- Convertibility

High and/or rising
primary reserves

Low and/or declining
primary reserves

Contractive

4. Productive
credit

Increase in monetary
volume of output

Decrease in monetary
volume of output

Chainreaction

5• A fixed rate
of interest

When savings are
inadequate

When savings are
excessive

Chainreaction

Objective




Inherent Bias

Some Relevant Economic Magnitudes

Index

Millions of
Persons

Billions $

Per c e n t

3

Discount Rate P.R.B.- New York
-

I
Treasury Bill Rate

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