Money
& Banking MGT411
VU
Lesson
15
SHIFTS
IN EQUILIBRIUM IN THE BOND
MARKET & RISK
Shifts
in Equilibrium in bond
market
Bond
and Risk
Default
Risk
Inflation
Risk
Interest
Rate Risk
Shifts
in Equilibrium
An
increase in expected
inflation:
An
increase in expected inflation shifts
bond supply to the right and
bond demand to the
left.
The
two effects reinforce each
other, resulting in a lower
bond price and a higher interest
rate
Figure:
Effect of an increase in expected
inflation
So
S1
Eo
Po
P1
E1
Do
D1
Quantity
of Bonds
A
business-cycle downturn:
A
business-cycle downturn shifts the
bond supply to the left and the
bond demand to the
left.
In
this case the bond price
can rise or fall, depending on
which shift is
greater.
But
interest rates tend to fall in
recessions, so bond prices
are likely to
increase
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Money
& Banking MGT411
VU
Figure:
Effect of a business cycle
down turn
S1
So
E1
P1
Eo
Po
Do
D1
Quantity
of Bonds
Bonds
and Risk
Sources
of Bond Risk
Default
Risk
Inflation
Risk
Interest-Rate
Risk
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