An important function of the regional Federal Reserve Banks is
A) setting reserve requirements.
B) clearing checks.
C) determining monetary policy.
D) setting margin requirements.
B
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"Less demand causes lower prices, and lower prices cause more demand." The above statement shows
A) economic theory can be used to prove just about anything. B) everything depends on everything else. C) prices fluctuate in a free-market situation. D) the speaker has confused himself by saying demand in the first half of the statement when he meant quantity demanded. E) the speaker has confused himself by saying demand in the second half of the statement when he meant quantity demanded.
Which of the following appears as a liability on the Federal Reserves balance sheet?
A) U.S. government securities owned outright B) Commercial bank deposits C) Gold certificates D) Cash items in the process of collection
As a result of GATT, tariff rates in developed countries have decreased from 40 percent in 1948 to less than 4 percent today.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following will cause an inward shift of the investment function?
A. an increase in business taxes B. business people becoming optimistic about the future C. a decrease in the interest rate D. innovation that improves production efficiency at every level of output