open market (A+)
the deposits of commerical banks will decline
When the Fed buys Treasury bonds, it increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts. The purchase of bonds increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts, which enables banks to loan more money
This is called open market operations, they do this to increase the money supply, buy buying bonds or decrease the money supply by selling. They do this to control interest rates and inflation.
If the Federal reserve wants to create dollars it buys bonds from the public in the nations bond market. After the purchase the money spent is in the fists of the public. So basically the purchase of bonds by the Fed creates money, thus increasing the money supply. If the Fed sells government bonds the money then is out of the hands of the public thus decreasing the money supply. Reserves are unaffected because managing the minimum reserve for banks is a different tool that the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee use to help manipulate the money supply and the value of that supply of money. It is called fractional reserve banking. For more information I would recommend checking out the FOMC website, Central Bank website, and Federal reserve website.
open market operations
open market (A+)
the deposits of commerical banks will decline
When the Fed buys Treasury bonds, it increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts. The purchase of bonds increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts, which enables banks to loan more money
This is called open market operations, they do this to increase the money supply, buy buying bonds or decrease the money supply by selling. They do this to control interest rates and inflation.
If the Federal reserve wants to create dollars it buys bonds from the public in the nations bond market. After the purchase the money spent is in the fists of the public. So basically the purchase of bonds by the Fed creates money, thus increasing the money supply. If the Fed sells government bonds the money then is out of the hands of the public thus decreasing the money supply. Reserves are unaffected because managing the minimum reserve for banks is a different tool that the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee use to help manipulate the money supply and the value of that supply of money. It is called fractional reserve banking. For more information I would recommend checking out the FOMC website, Central Bank website, and Federal reserve website.
There are so many different ways of looking at it. It is hard to say.
open market operations
When the Fed buys government bonds, the reserves of the banking system
Usually
The interest rates will decrease since there are more available funds for the bank to loan.
The interest rate will increase since there are fewer available funds for the bank to loan.