Purchases and sales of government securities by the Federal Reserve are called

A) discount loans.
B) federal fund transfers.
C) open market operations.
D) swap transactions.


C

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A) floating; negative externalities B) floating; sterilization C) fixed; negative externalities D) fixed; sterilization

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The formula for finding the present value of an amount M that will be received one year from now, when the interest rate is R, is

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A) silver. B) gold. C) reserves of foreign currencies. D) confidence that they will retain their value.

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