MACRO ECONOMICS
BY
DR. KALYANI BONDRE
MONEY
Universal Acceptability
Medium of Exchange
Means of Payment
Measure of Value
Standard for Deferred Payment
Store of Value or Purchasing Power
DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF MONEY
• Demand for money comes from the
people
• Supply of money (currency + credit)
comes from RBI and commercial banks
• Quantity Theory of Money:
If supply of money increases, all other
things remaining the same, the price level
in the economy increases
INFLATION
A sustained rise in the general price level
in an economy
Too much money chasing too few
commodities
A fall in the Value of Money
CAUSES AND TYPES OF INFLATION
Increase in Money Supply
Increase in Government Spending
Economic Growth
Increase in Population
Deficit Financing
Increase in Private Expenditure
Parallel Economy
TYPES OF INFLATION
Demand Pull inflation
Cost Push Inflation
Mark-up Inflation
Wage Inflation
Food Inflation
Sectoral Inflation
EFFECTS OF INFLATION
On Consumers
On Production
On Distribution of Income and Wealth
On Debtors and Creditors
On Salaried Class (Fixed Income)
On Entrepreneurs
On Investors
DEFLATION
A sustained fall in the general price level
Opposite of inflation
Reduction in Money Supply
Reduction in Business Activity
An increase in the Value of Money
Output of goods and services increases more
rapidly than the flow of money in the economy
CAUSES OF DEFLATION
Over-production
Over-investment
Recession
Reduction in the supply of money
Reduction in Government spending
Reduction in Private spending
MEASURES TO CONTROL
INFLATION AND DEFLATION
Fiscal Policy: Government
Monetary Policy: Central Bank (RBI)
Combination of both the policies and
Deficit Financing
NATIONAL INCOME
Indicators of National Income
GNP: Gross National Product
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
SAVING AND INVESTMENT
Process of Capital Formation
Relationship between Savings and Investment
Relationship of Savings and Investment with
the Interest Rate
Determinants of Investment in addition to
interest rate; psychological factor
PARALLEL ECONOMY
Unaccounted money
Increase in level of inflation
Increase in private spending
Lower amount of tax revenue
Higher land prices
MCQs
1. Value of money decreases when
a. Decrease in money supply
b. There is increase in money supply
c. When there is deflation
d. When there is recession
2. Commercial banks increase money supply when
there is
a. Credit creation
b. Deficit financing
c. Taxation
d. Subsidies
3. When there is recession, there is
a. Fall in the value of money
b. Rise in the value of money
c. Inflation
d. None of the above
4. When there is inflation,
a. Debtors gain, creditors lose
b. Debtors lose, creditors gain
c. Both debtors and creditors lose
d. Both debtors and creditors gain
5. Macroeconomics is a study of
economics that deals with which 4 major
factors:
a. households, firms, government, and
demand-supply
b. households, firms, government and
external sector
c. firms, government, free-market, and
regulations
d. none of the above