Purchasing long-term government bonds from private financial corporations for the purpose of changing the quality of assets held by the Fed is called:

A. operation twist.
B. quantitative easing.
C. credit easing.
D. precommitment policy.


Answer: C

Economics

You might also like to view...

A federal deficit of $300 billion means that

A) the government plans on collecting $300 billion in taxes this year. B) the government has a total debt of $300 billion. C) the government is spending $300 billion a year more than it is collecting in taxes. D) government spending is $300 billion a year.

Economics

If nominal GDP = $15 trillion and the quantity of money is $3 trillion, what is the velocity of circulation?

A) 45 B) 18 C) 5 D) 12

Economics

In economics, what is the difference between the short run and the long run?

What will be an ideal response?

Economics

A system in which the value of currency issued by the government is based entirely on public faith that the currency will be acceptable in trade is

A) a fiduciary system. B) a private property system. C) a Gresham system. D) a socialistic system.

Economics