Some examples of unconventional monetary policies include massive lending to banks, or even to firms that are nor banks, and open-market purchases of securities other than Treasury bills.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Answer the next question on the basis of the following consolidated balance sheet of the commercial banking system. Assume that the reserve requirement is 10%. All figures are in billions.Assets (billions of dollars)Liabilities & Net Worth (billions of dollars)Reserves$60Checkable deposits$600Securities140Stock shares260Loans260 Property400 Suppose the Fed wants to reduce the money supply by $400 billion to drive up interest rates and dampen inflation. Assuming that the money multiplier is operating to full effect, to accomplish the desired reduction, the Fed could ________.
A. sell $40 billion of U.S. securities to the banks B. buy $40 billion of U.S. securities from the banks C. buy $20 billion of U.S. securities from the banks D. sell $20 billion of U.S. securities to the banks
The amount of time elapsed since a price change impacts the elasticity of demand because as more time passes,
A) people can find more substitutes, and so the elasticity of demand decreases. B) people can find more substitutes, and so the elasticity of demand increases. C) people's incomes will increase, and so the elasticity of demand decreases. D) the good's price will have a chance to return to its previous level.
Life insurance companies have increased their purchases of corporate stock in recent years in an effort to
A) reduce risk. B) increase asset returns. C) increase liquidity. D) reduce taxes.
In the real intertemporal model, an adverse sectoral shock acts to
A) reduce real output and reduce the real interest rate. B) increase real output and increase the real interest rate. C) increase real output and reduce the real interest rate. D) reduce real output and increase the real interest rate.