paul bernd spahn, goethe-universität frankfurt/main1 lecture 4 understanding interest rates (2)
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The behavior of interest rates
• What determines the quantity demanded of an asset?– Wealth (total resources owned) – Expected return of one asset relative to
alternative assets– Risk (the degree of uncertainty associated
with the return)– Liquidity (the ease and speed with which
an asset can be turned into cash)
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The demand for bonds
• We consider a one-year discount bond, paying the owner the face value of €1,000 in one year.
• If the holding period is one year, the return on the bond is equal the interest rate i.
• It means: i = r = (F-P)/P
• If the bond price is €950, r = 5.3%
• We assume a quantity demanded at that price of €100 billion.
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The demand for bonds
• If the price falls, say to €900, the interest rate increases (to 11.1%).
• Because the return on the bond is higher, the demand for the asset will rise, say to €200 billion, etc.
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The demand for bonds
950
900
850
800
750
5.3
11.1
17.6
25.0
33.0
Interest rate (%)Price of bond (€)
100 500400300200
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The supply for bonds
950
900
850
800
750
5.3
11.1
17.6
25.0
33.0
Interest rate (%)Price of bond (€)
100 500400300200
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Market equilibrium (asset market approach)
950
900
850
800
750
5.3
11.1
17.6
25.0
33.0
Interest rate (%)Price of bond (€)
100 500400300200
CP* i*
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Market equilibrium
• Equilibrium occurs at point C, where demand and supply curves intersect.
• P* is the market-clearing price, and i* is the market-clearing interest rate.
• If the P P*, there is “excess supply” or “excess demand” of bonds.
• The supply and demand curves can be brought into a more conventional form:
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A reinterpretation of the bond market
Interest rate (%)
33.0
25.0
17.6
11.1
5.3
100 500400300200
Demand for bonds, Bd =Supply of loanable funds, Ls
Supply of bonds, Bs =Demand for loanable funds, Ld
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Why do interest rates change?
• If there is a shift in either the supply or demand curve, the equilibrium interest rate must change.
• What can cause the curves to shift?
– Wealth– Expected return– Risk– Liquidity
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Example: Increase in risk, and demand for bonds
• If the risk of a bond increases, the demand for bonds will fall for any level of interest rates.
• It means that the supply of loanable funds is reduced.
• It is equivalent to a leftward shift of the supply curve.
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A shift of the supply curve of funds
Interest rate (%)
33.0
25.0
17.6
11.1
5.3
100 500400300200
Demand for bonds, Bd =Supply of loanable funds, Ls
Supply of bonds, Bs =Demand for loanable funds, Ld
CD
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Effects on the supply of funds for bonds
Wealth right
Expected interest
left
Expected inflation
left
Risk left
Liquidity right
Change invariable
Change inquantity
Change ininterest rate
Shift in supply curve
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The supply of bonds
• Some factors can cause the supply curve for bonds to shift, among them
– The expected profitability of investment opportunities
– Expected inflation– Government activities
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Example: Higher profitability and supply of bonds
• If the profitability of a firm increases, the supply for corporate bonds will increase for any level of interest rates.
• It means that the demand of loanable funds increases.
• It is equivalent to a rightward shift of the demand curve.
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A shift of the demand curve for funds
Interest rate (%)
33.0
25.0
17.6
11.1
5.3
100 500400300200
Demand for bonds, Bd =Supply of loanable funds, Ls
Supply of bonds, Bs =Demand for loanable funds, Ld
C
D
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Effects on the demand of funds for bonds
Profitability right
Expected inflation
right
Governmentactivities
right
Change invariable
Change inquantity
Change ininterest rate
Shift in demand
curve
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Expected inflation: The “Fisher effect”
• If expected inflation increases, both curves are affected:
– The supply of bonds (demand for funds) shifts to the right
– The demand for bonds (supply of funds for bonds) shifts to the left
• When expected inflation increases, the interest rate will rise (“Fisher effect”).
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The “Fisher effect”
Interest rate (%)
33.0
25.0
17.6
11.1
5.3
100 500400300200
Demand for bonds, Bd =Supply of loanable funds, Ls
Supply of bonds, Bs =Demand for loanable funds, Ld
C
D
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Government activities
• If government expands its debt (level of assets), this is tantamount to increasing its demand for loanable funds.
• It will increase the interest rate.
• In order to contain this effect, the EU member states have introduced the “Maastricht budget criteria”: – Level of government debt < 60% of GDP– Annual budget deficit < 3% of GDP
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Maastricht budget criteria: Comparison
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France and Germany
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The Maastricht budget criteria
• The purpose is to limit the impact of government borrowing on interest rates.
• France, and Germany are violating the deficit criterion.
• Violation of the criteria may entail sanctions (fines)
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The market for EMU government bonds (1997)
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Supply and demand for money
• An alternative model to the loanable funds theory is the model developed by J.M. Keynes: the liquidity preference theory.
• It determines the equilibrium rate of interest in terms of supply and demand for money.
John Maynard Keynes
(1883-1946)
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Starting point of liquidity preference
• There are only two assets that people use to store wealth: money and bonds.
• It implies that Wealth = B + M , orBs + Ms = Bd + Md , orBs - Bd = Md - Ms
• If the money market is in equilibrium, the bond market is also in equilibrium.
• Keynes assumes that money earns no interest.
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Opportunity costs of money
• The amount of interest (expected return) sacrificed by not holding the alternative asset (here: bond) represents the opportunity costs of holding money.
• As interest rate rise (ceteris paribus), the expected return on money falls relative to the expected return on bonds.
• As these cost of holding money increase,the demand for money falls.
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Equilibrium in the market for money
Interest rate (%)
33.0
25.0
17.6
11.1
5.3
100 500400300200
Supply of money, Ms
Demand for money, Md
C
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Shifts in the demand for money curve
• Keynes considers two reasons why the demand for money curve could shift:– income;– and the price level
• As income rises– wealth increases and people want to hold
more money as a store of value– people want to carry out more transactions
using money.
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Income and price-level effect
• A higher level of income causes the demand for money to increase and the demand curve to shift to the right.
• Changes in the price level: Keynes took the view that people care about the real value of money.
• If the price level increases, the real value of money falls:
• People want to hold a greater amount of money to restore their holdings in real terms.
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Response to a change in income
Interest rate (%)
33.0
25.0
17.6
11.1
5.3
100 500400300200
Supply of money, Ms
Demand for money, Md
C
D
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Response to a change in the money supply
• It is assumed that the central bank controls the total amount of money available.
• The supply of money is “totally inelastic”.
• However the central bank can gear the money supply by political intervention.
• If the money supply increases, the interest rate will fall (liquidity effect).
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Response to a change in money supply
Interest rate (%)
33.0
25.0
17.6
11.1
5.3
100 500400300200
Supply of money, Ms
Demand for money, Md
C D
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Secondary effects of increased money supply
• If the money supply increases this has a secondary effect on money demand
• As we have seen:– it has an expansionary effect on the economy and raises
income and wealth. -> interest rates increase (income effect).
– it causes the overall price level to increase-> interest rates increase (price effect).
– it affects the expected inflation rate-> interest rates increase (Fisher-effect).
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Should the ECB lower interest rates?
• Politicians often ask the ECB to expand the money supply in order to promote a cyclical upturn (to combat unemployment).
• The liquidity effect does in fact reduce the level of interest rates!
• But the induced effects on money demand,– the income effect,– the price-level effect, and– the expected inflation effect
all increase the level of interest rates.
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Increase of money supply plus demand shift
33.0
25.0
17.6
11.1
5.3
100 500400300200
Supply of money, Ms
Demand for money, Md
C D
Interest rate (%)
E
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Interest rate spreads
• “The” interest rate is an abstraction. In the real world there are many interest rates.
• Interest rates differ notably with respect to the maturity of the underlying loan.
• Long-term interest rates are less affected by short-term monetary policy.
• They typically attract a higher return than short-term lending.
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The term structure of interest rates (USA)
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