speeches · November 8, 1956
Regional President Speech
Karl R. Bopp · President
Prepared ly K. R. Bopp for use at
Seminar on "Monetary Policy11 at
Lehigh University. Bethlehem. Pa.
on. November 9. 1956, ¿:10 p.m.
ALTERNATIVE OBJECTIVES AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Conditions requiring Conditions requiring
Objective or permitting an or permitting a Inherent Bias
easing of credit tightening of credit
1. Stable price Declining prices Rising prices
level
2. Full employment Less than full Jobs in excess of Expansive
employment workers
3- Convertibility High and/or rising Low and/or declining Contractive
primary reserves primary reserves
4. Productive Increase in monetary Decrease in monetary Chain-
credit volume of output volume of output reaction
5• A fixed rate When savings are When savings are Chain-
of interest inadequate excessive reaction
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Some Relevant Economic Magnitudes
Index
Millions of
Persons
Billions $
Per cent
3
Discount Rate P.R.B.- New York
I
-
Treasury Bill Rate
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1952 1953 195*+ 1955 1956
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Karl R. Bopp (1956, November 8). Regional President Speech. Speeches, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_19561109_karl_r_bopp
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_regional_speeche_19561109_karl_r_bopp,
author = {Karl R. Bopp},
title = {Regional President Speech},
year = {1956},
month = {Nov},
howpublished = {Speeches, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_19561109_karl_r_bopp},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}