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
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- Which of the following is a tool that is used by the Fed to control the quantity of money? A: open market operations B: excess reserves C: government expenditure multiplier D: real interest rate
- Which of the following is not an example of expansionary monetary policy? A: An open-market purchase of securities B: A reduction in reserve ratio C: A reduction in income tax rates D: A reduction in the discount rate
- To increase the money supply, the Fed could() A: sell<br/>government bonds. B: decrease<br/>the discount rate. C: increase<br/>the reserve requirement. D: None<br/>of the above is correct.
- The following is the expansionary monetary policy is( ). A: Increase money supply B: The central bank conducts reverse repo operations on the open market C: Reduce the rediscount rate D: Lower the benchmark deposit rate E: Central Bank issues bonds
- The federal funds rate is the interest rate that A: banks charge their best corporate customers B: banks have to pay when they get a loan from the Fed C: banks have to pay when they get a loan from another bank D: banks receive from the Fed for the reserves they hold as deposits at the Fed E: the federal government pays on its three-month Treasury bills
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Which of the following is the monetary policy tools?( ) A: Open market operation B: Interest rate C: Local government financing vehicles D: Money aggregate
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The table above gives the quantity of money and money demand schedules. Suppose that the interest rate is equal to 6 percent. The effect of this interest rate in the money market is that A: the money market is in equilibrium. B: people buy bonds and the interest rate falls. C: people sell bonds and the interest rate falls. D: bond prices fall and so the interest rate falls.
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10) Which of the following is not an example of expansionary monetary policy? A: . An open-market purchase of securities. B: . A reduction in reserve ratio. C: . A reduction in income tax rates. D: . A reduction in the discount rate.
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Which of the following is a tightening monetary policy ( ). A: Central bank raises the rediscount rate B: Increase the money supply C: The central bank conducts reverse repo operations on the open market D: Central bank reduces the rediscount rate
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Which of the following would not be used by the Fed to influence<br/>interest rates? ( ) A: selling securities. B: buying stocks. C: setting reserve requirements. D: changing the discount rate.