a. Graphically illustrate the impact of an open-market purchase by the Federal Reserve on the equilibrium interest rate using the theory of liquidity preference and the market for real money balances. (Be sure to label:
i. the axes;
ii. the curves;
iii. the initial equilibrium values;
iv. the direction the curve shifts; and
v. the terminal equilibrium values.)
b. Explain in words what happens to equilibrium interest rate as a result of the open-market purchase.