Use the following table to answer the next question. The money supply and investment are in billions.Money Supply (billions of dollars)Interest RateInvestment (billions of dollars)$507%$100606110705120804130903140Assume that the MPC is 0.9 and the reserve requirement is 0.2. If the Federal Reserve needs to increase aggregate demand by $100 billion at each price level to move the economy back to full employment and the current interest rate is 6%, then the Federal Reserve should ________ the money supply by ________.

A. increase, $10 billion
B. increase, $20 billion
C. decrease, $20 billion
D. decrease, $10 billion


Answer: A

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