1) On October 20, 1987 (the day after the stock market crash), Fed Chairman Greenspan issued an extraordinary public statement, “the Federal Reserve, consistent with its responsibilities as the nation’s central bank, affirmed today its readiness to serve as a source of liquidity to support the economic and financial system.”
(a) What are the policy tools that the Fed has at its disposal, to follow through with this “liquidity”assurance?
(b) How, specifically, can the Fed go about implementing its policy tools?
(c) How would you expect these actions to influence the dollar exchange rate (assuming no changes in foreign monetary policy)?