Question

Please help solve: Suppose that initially the money supply is $1 trillion , the price level equals 3, the real GDP is $5 trillion in based-year dollars, and income velocity of money is 15. Then the money supply increases by $100 billion, while real GDP and income velocity of money remain unchanged. How do I solve using the MsV=PY formula?

Answer 1

The new price level after the increase in the money supply is 3.3. Therefore, the percentage increase in the money supply is 10%. The percentage change in the price level is 10%. Percentage change in the money supply is the same as the percentage change in the price level.