If the federal funds rate is below the equilibrium federal funds rate, then the supply of reserves would be __________ than the demand for reserves and the banks would try to __________ reserves causing the federal funds rate to fall

A) greater than; lend
B) greater than; borrow
C) less than; lend
D) less than; borrow


D

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