As defined in Exercise 1, a rate cycle is a period of monetary policy during which the
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a. When did the last rate cycle begin and end? Is this rate cycle a contractionary or an expansionary rate cycle?
b. Calculate the percentage change in bank deposits, bank lending, real business fixed investment, and real residential (housing) investment over this rate cycle.
c. Based on your answers to parts (a) and (b), how effective was the bank lending channel of monetary policy over this rate cycle?
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The Economics of Money Banking and Financial Markets
ISBN: 978-0133836790
11th edition
Authors: Frederic S. Mishkin
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