If commercial banks are increasing their borrowing from the Fed while the Fed is selling government securities, the borrowing of the commercial banks from the Fed will tend to:
a. reinforce the contractionary open market operations policy.
b. reinforce the expansionary open market operations policy.
c. counteract the contractionary open market operations policy.
d. counteract the expansionary open market operations policy.
c
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If 50 percent of the population in a country is employed and average labor productivity equals $30,000, then real GDP per person equals:
A. $50,000. B. $30,000. C. $15,000. D. $60,000.
Wendy works as a teller at a bank for a fixed salary of $1,800 per month. She is offered a job as a salesperson at which there is a 40 percent chance that she will make $5,000 a month and a 60 percent chance that she will make only $1,000 a month
The figure shows Wendy's utility of wealth curve: a) What is Wendy's expected income from the offered job? b) What is Wendy's expected utility from the offered job? c) Will Wendy accept the offer? Why or why not? d) What is the minimum fixed salary for which Wendy will continue to work for the bank and not take the sales job?
Suppose a dangerous workplace is made safer through the installation of guards and other equipment that reduce the physical hazards of the work environment. If we observe no reduction in injuries, we might conclude that
A) the safety equipment isn't adequate and better equipment should be installed. B) the firm has responded by lowering wages and hiring less capable people who are more likely to be injured. C) the injury rate before installation of the safety equipment had been underreported. D) workers responded to the safer environment by not exercising as much care themselves, generating more injuries than if they had not changed their behavior.
Which of the following promoted legislation that would give private citizens greater information regarding public policymaking?
a. The Keynesians b. The monetarists c. The new classicals d. The traditional classicals e. The consumer advocates