The immediate effect of a member bank's sale of U.S. government securities to the Fed is a(n):

a. increase in that bank's required reserves.
b. decrease in that bank's required reserves.
c. increase in that bank's excess reserves.
d. decrease in that bank's excess reserves.
e. decrease in the Fed's assets.


c

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