The most important, most convenient, and most flexible way in which the Federal Reserve affects the supply of bank reserves is through:

A. changing interest rates.
B. conducting open-market operations.
C. changing bank reserve requirement ratios.
D. changing the Federal Reserve discount rate.


Answer: B

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