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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 » » » » I» I I » I I 11 M 1952 I I M I M 1953 I 1 1 1 I 1 I I 1 t 1 1 1 1 I L I L 1 .J I I I 1 1 1 M 195*+ 1955 1 L l 1_L 1 L I . 1956