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CHAPTER TA B L E - The Behaviour of Interest Rates 103 Factors That Shift the Demand for and Supply of Money Variable Change in Variable Change in Money Demand (M d) or Supply (M s) at Each Interest Rate Income * Md* Change in Interest Rate * Ms i i2 i1 M d1 M d2 M Price level * Md* * Ms i i2 i1 M d1 M d2 M Money supply * M * s + i M s1 M s2 i1 i2 Md M Note: Only increases ( *) in the variables are shown The effect of decreases in the variables on the change in demand would be the opposite of those indicated in the remaining columns Changes in the Money Supply An increase in the money supply due to an expansionary monetary policy by the Bank of Canada implies that the supply curve for money shifts to the right As is shown in Figure 5-11 by the movement of the supply curve from M 1s to M 2s , the equilibrium moves from point down to point 2, where the M 2s supply curve intersects with the demand curve M d and the equilibrium interest rate has fallen from i1 to i2 When the money supply increases (everything else remaining equal), interest rates will decline.6 This same result can be generated using the supply and demand for bonds framework