If the Federal Reserve System wanted to tighten the money supply, the most powerful combination of actions would be to

a. raise reserve requirements, lower the discount rate, and buy government securities.
b. raise reserve requirements, lower the discount rate, and sell securities.
c. lower reserve requirements, raise the discount rate, and buy government securities.
d. raise reserve requirement, raise the discount rate, and sell government securities.


c. lower reserve requirements, raise the discount rate, and buy government securities.

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a. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period falls, and current international transactions become more positive (or less negative). b. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period rises, and current international transactions become more negative (or less positive). c. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period and current international transactions remain the same. d. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period rises, and current international transactions remain the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.

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Below, the graph on the left shows long-run average and marginal cost for a typical firm in a perfectly competitive industry. The graph on the right shows demand and long-run supply for an increasing-cost industry.How much profit will the firm earn?

A. $3,100 B. $2,600 C. $3,750 D. $6,000 E. zero

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Other things equal, a monopolist will hire

A) more workers than a perfectly competitive industry. B) fewer workers than a perfectly competitive industry. C) more workers than a perfectly competitive firm. D) the same number of workers as a perfectly competitive industry would.

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