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OMO: The abbreviation for open market operations, which is the Federal Reserve System's buying and selling of government securities in an effort to alter bank reserves and subsequently the nation's money supply. These actions, under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee, are the Fed's number one, most effective, most often used tool of monetary policy. If, for example, the Fed wants to increase the money supply (termed easy money) it buy's government securities. If the Fed chooses to reduce the money supply (called tight money) it sells some government securities.

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Lesson 9: Macro Basics | Unit 3: Business Cycles Page: 8 of 16

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The macroeconomy is unstable. It has periods of falling production, rising inflation, and/or high unemployment.

Business cycles are recurring expansions and contractions of the aggregate economy.

  • Expansion is a general period of increasing economic activity, or rising production, which is associated with low or falling unemployment and high or rising inflation.
  • Contraction is a general period of decreasing economic activity, or falling production, which is associated with high or rising unemployment and low or falling inflation.
Counter-cyclical policies to stabilize the business cycle:
  • During an expansion, try to cause a contraction.
  • During a contraction, try to cause an expansion.

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MARGINAL REVENUE, MONOPOLY

The change in total revenue resulting from a change in the quantity of output sold. Marginal revenue indicates how much extra revenue a monopoly receives for selling an extra unit of output. It is found by dividing the change in total revenue by the change in the quantity of output. Marginal revenue is the slope of the total revenue curve and is one of two revenue concepts derived from total revenue. The other is average revenue. To maximize profit, a monopoly equates marginal revenue and marginal cost.

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