The Fed conducts open market operations with the primary goal of
A) affecting the federal funds rate.
B) affecting the discount rate.
C) stabilizing the foreign-exchange market.
D) adjusting reserve requirements.
A
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According to monetarists, such as Milton Friedman ________
A) the central bank should have discretionary authority to respond to economic problems that develop over the course of the business cycle B) the Taylor rule should effectively address the problem of inflation C) an increase in government spending has substantially the same effects as an unanticipated increase in the money supply on domestic interest rates D) the money supply should grow at a constant rate regardless of the state of the economy
Between 1800 and 1840, land laws became increasingly ___________ , primarily due to _____________
a. conservative; increases in the price per acre of available land b. conservative; legal limits on the sale of land to farmers c. liberal; the extension of long-term credit by the federal government to land buyers d. liberal; decreases in the minimum acreage required for purchase
An example of a beneficial externality is
A. a vaccination to prevent a communicable disease. B. loud music from a cool house party. C. a sandwich shop that adds a free pickle with each order. D. a pasture that all ranchers can freely graze their cattle on.
A demand-pull inflation can be described as ... shifts in the aggregate demand curve and ... shift in the short-run aggregate supply curve
What will be an ideal response?