Suppose the Federal Reserve Banks sell $2 billion of government bonds to the public, which pays for them by drawing checks. As a result, commercial bank reserves will:

A. increase by $10 billion.
B. remain unchanged.
C. decrease by $2 billion.
D. increase by $2 billion.


C. decrease by $2 billion.

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Which of the following paired concepts are equivalent to each other?

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Suppose that you and your four siblings are given an opportunity to purchase a video rental store. Each of you would put up $50,000 . The revenue from the store is expected to remain $350,000 per year for the next several years

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