If the Fed were to purchase euros for dollars and at the same time sell U.S. Treasury securities in the open market, this would be an example of:

A. the Fed not changing their balance sheet at all.
B. the Fed altering the domestic monetary base.
C. an unsterilized foreign exchange intervention.
D. a sterilized foreign exchange intervention.


Answer: D

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