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Anatomy of a Market MeltdownRoger W. Garrison
Auburn University
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Federal Government Surplus (+) and Deficit (-) in billions of dollars (1994 to present)
Federal Reserve Economic Data
The federal budget deficit is expected to reach $500 billion or more by next year.
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Federal Reserve Economic Data
Will the Bush 43 deficit of 2004 be worse than the Bush 41 deficit of 1992?
Federal Government Surplus (+) and Deficit (-) in billions of dollars (1925 to present)
$293 billion
$500 billion
Compare deficit-to-GDP:
1992: 293 / 6,184 = 4.7%
2004: 500 / 11,200 = 4.5%
Compare deficit-to-saving:
1992: 293 / 1,018 = 28.8%
2004: 500 / 1,400 = 35.7%
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Federal Government Surplus (+) and Deficit (-) in billions of dollars (1925 to present)
$293 billion
$500 billion
Why can’t we do in 2003 what we did in 1992?
?
Federal Reserve Economic Data
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Federal Funds Rate (1959 to present)
How many arrows are left in Greenspan’s quiver?
Federal Reserve Economic Data
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Federal Funds Rate (1994 to present)
1%
Federal funds rate target: 1% since June 2003
Federal Reserve Economic Data
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Discount Rate (1994 to 2003)
0.75%
The discount rate was lowered to 0.75% in late 2002.
primary credit rate = 2.25%
Federal Reserve Economic Data
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Primary Credit Rate (2003 to present)
The Fed now has the primary credit rate above the fed-funds rate instead of a discount rate below it.
Federal Reserve Economic Data
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M1 Money Stock (1959 to present)
Should the Fed return to money-growth targeting?
Federal Reserve Economic Data
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Federal Reserve Economic Data
Operating ratios are much less predictable than in the heyday of monetarism.
Currency Component of M1 (1947 to present)
There has been a dramatic rise in the currency ratio (C/M1) during the last 10 years:
1993: C/M1 = 28.5%
2003: C/M1 = 50.7%
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Adapted from Brad DeLong’s “Triumph of Monetarism?” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2000
pre-1980’s trend in velocity
actual velocity of M1
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pre-1980’s trend in velocity
“T R E N D” I N V E L O C I T Y
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Federal Reserve Economic Data
Gross Saving (private and corporate) in billions of dollars (1994 to present)
The D/S ratio measures the extent to which the government is a Big Player in credit markets.
Likely movement in the deficit-to-saving ratio:
D/S = 35.7%
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FISCAL STATEGISTS ARE CONFRONTED WITH A
SHORT LIST OF BAD OPTIONS
BORROW DOMESTICALLY
MONETIZE DEBT
BORROW ABROAD
RAISE TAXES
CONTINUE DEBATING
High interest rates
Inflation (with leverage)
Weak export markets
Dampened market activity
Market uncertainties
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Gross Federal Debt in billions of dollars (1939 to present)
Which way is the government’s debt headed?
Federal Reserve Economic Data
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Anatomy of a Market MeltdownRoger W. Garrison
Auburn University