In the market for reserves, if the federal funds rate is above the interest rate paid on excess reserves, then an open market ________ the supply of reserves, raising the federal funds interest rate, everything else held constant

A) sale decreases
B) sale increases
C) purchase increases
D) purchase decreases


A

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