During recent years, the Fed's focus has clearly been on the use of

A) the discount rate.
B) the federal funds rate.
C) the M2 money supply.
D) borrowed reserves.


B

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Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Because it is subject to change, and frequently does, consumer and business confidence has only a minimal impact on future economic activity. B. Because it has historically remained steady, consumer and business confidence has only a minimal impact on future economic activity. C. Consumer and business confidence is extremely important and can have a great impact on future economic activity. D. Consumer confidence is extremely important and can have a great impact on future economic activity. The same is not true of business confidence.

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The quantity effect of a price reduction causes:

A) a decrease in revenue because of a lower price. B) an increase in revenue because of increased sales. C) an increase in labor demand due to increased sales of the product. D) a decrease in labor demand because of a lower price of the final product.

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What tools can unions use to increase the demand for union labor?

What will be an ideal response?

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If exports are less than imports (while other planned injections equal other planned leakages), the economy

a. expands. b. contracts. c. has rising prices. d. remains stable.

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