Using the quantity theory of money, increases in the transactions demand for money when the money supply is fixed can only be satisfied by

a. increases in the velocity of money
b. decreases in the velocity of money
c. decreasing investment
d. accommodating the precautionary demand for money
e. reducing the price level


A

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