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| | Monetary Policy |
 | | Contractionary or tight money policy is the reverse of an easy policy: Excess reserves fall, the money supply decreases, which raises interest rate, which decreases investment, which, in turn, decreases GDP by a multiple amount of the change in investment. |
 | | While pulling on a string (tight money policy) is likely to move the attached object to its desired destination, pushing on a string is not. |
 | | CHANGES IN VELOCITY: The velocity of money (number of times the average dollar is spent in a year) may be unpredictable, especially in the short run and can offset the desired impact of changes in money supply. |
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