If the Federal Reserve increases the interest rate on bank deposits at the Fed, banks will want to hold
a. fewer reserves, so the reserve ratio will fall.
b. fewer reserves, so the reserve ratio will rise.
c. more reserves, so the reserve ratio will fall.
d. more reserves, so the reserve ratio will rise.
d
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Which of the following statements is true?
A) The marginal revenue of a monopolistically competitive firm will be positive at low prices and negative at high prices. B) The marginal revenue of a monopolistically competitive firm will be positive at high prices and negative at low prices. C) Because the demand curve for a monopolistically competitive firm is downward-sloping its marginal revenue will be negative. D) The marginal revenue of a monopolistically competitive firm will be always be positive.
Long-run equilibrium under monopolistic competition and perfect competition is similar in that
A) price equals marginal revenue. B) price equals marginal cost. C) firms produce at the minimum point of their average cost curves. D) firms break even.
Which region of the world experienced a decade-long crisis and stagnant or even negative growth rates during the 1980s?
A) Latin America B) East Asia C) The United States and Canada D) Europe E) The European Union
The study of an individual's choice about what type of computer to buy is a subject of
A. microeconomics. B. an aggregate concept. C. macroeconomics. D. not a concern for economic analysis.