A: sell
government bonds.
B: decrease
the discount rate.
C: increase
the reserve requirement.
D: None
of the above is correct.
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- To increase the Money Supply, a Central Bank can: ( ) A: Increase<br/>the Reserve Requirement. B: Reduce<br/>the Reserve Requirement. C: None<br/>of the above.
- Which of the following actions by the Fed would reduce the money supply? A: an open-market purchase of government bonds B: a reduction in banks’ reserve requirements C: an increase in the interest rate paid on reserves D: a decrease in the discount rate on Fed lending
- Higher<br/>government deficits ________ the supply of bonds and shift the supply<br/>curve to the <br/>________,<br/>everything else held constant. A: increase; left B: increase; right C: decrease; left D: decrease; right
- The money supply increases when the Fed A: buys bonds. The increase will be larger the smaller the reserve ratio is. B: buys bonds. The increase will be larger the larger the reserve ratio is. C: sells bonds. The increase will be larger the smaller the reserve ratio is. D: sells bonds. The increase will be larger the larger the reserve ratio is.
- If<br/>the Fed expects currency holdings to rise, it conducts open market<br/>______to offset the expected _______in reserves. A: purchases;<br/>increase B: purchases;<br/>decrease C: sales;<br/>increase D: sales;<br/>decrease
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When<br/>taxes increase, consumption () A: decreases<br/>as shown by a movement to the left along a given aggregate demand<br/>curve. B: decreases<br/>as shown by shifting aggregate demand to the left. C: increases<br/>as shown by shifting aggregate supply the left. D: None<br/>of the above is correct.
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Following an expansion of the money supply, a government committed to<br/>maintaining a fixed exchange rate must ____. A: accept a surplus in its current account. B: not use sterilized intervention. C: increase its level of government expenditure and autonomous<br/>investments. D: intervene in the foreign exchange market to sell foreign currency and<br/>buy domestic currency.
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The inflation tax<br/>() A: transfers wealth<br/>from the government to households. B: is the increase<br/>in income taxes due to lack of indexation. C: is a tax on<br/>everyone who holds money. D: All of the above<br/>are correct.
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For<br/>a given fuel, a change in the compression ratio will affect the<br/>ignition lag by which of the listed means? ____. A: an<br/>increase in compression ratio will increase the ignition lag B: in<br/>increase in compression ratio will decrease the ignition lag C: a<br/>decrease in compression ratio will decrease the ignition lag D: a<br/>decrease in ignition lag will increase the compression ratio
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A large decrease in the income tax rate will most likely cause A: a fairly large increase in aggregate demand B: a fairly small increase in aggregate supply C: an increase in the price level D: all of the above E: none of the above