The Dodd-Frank Act attempts to prevent future financial crises by making major changes to the U.S. financial system, including
A. increasing banks' reserve requirements.
B. increasing capital requirements for banks.
C. reducing the interest rates banks can charge their customers for loans.
D. paying banks interest on their reserve holdings.
Answer: B
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A) purchase; higher; increases B) purchase; lower; decreases C) sale; lower; decreases D) sale; higher; increases
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A) eD. B) H/e. C) 1/e. D) e/H. E) H/D.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. reducing the power of monetary policy. B. increasing the power of monetary policy. C. increasing the power of monetary policy in an expansion and reducing it in a contraction. D. reducing the power of monetary policy in an expansion and increasing it in a contraction.