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Macroeconomic Theory I
ECON222
Fall 2017
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Key Questions
How does the economy react to shocks under exible exchange rates?
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The open-economy IS curve
Sd I d = NX
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Figure: Goods market equilibrium in an open economy
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The open-economy IS curve
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Figure: Open Economy IS Curve
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Factors that shift the open-economy IS curve
Factors that change NX for a given Y will also shift the IS curve
,! changes in e, foreign income, etc.
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Figure: Increase in net exports
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The Mundell-Fleming Model
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Figure: Open Economy General Equilibrium
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The self-correcting small open economy
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Figure: A decline in US output
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Macroeconomic policy with exible exchange rates
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A scal expansion with exible exchange rates
An increase in G
,! IS curve shifts to the right
,! as r > rFor ) the demand for Canadian assets increases
,! e increases and NX falls
,! the IS curve shifts back to the left so that r = rFor
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Figure: Fiscal expansion
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A monetary expansion with exible exchange rates
Short run
An increase in M:
,! shifts the LM curve to the right
,! as r < rFor ) the demand for Canadian assets decreases
,! e decreases and NX rises
,! the IS curve shifts to the right so that r = rFor
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Figure: Monetary expansion: Short run
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A monetary expansion with exible exchange rates
General equilibrium
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Figure: Monetary expansion: return to General Equilibrium
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Monetary neutrality
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