When the Fed purchases government securities,

A) required reserves in the banking system decrease, leading to fewer loans being made.
B) required reserves in the banking system increase, leading to more loans being made.
C) the monetary base does not change.
D) excess reserves in the banking system decrease, leading to fewer loans being made.
E) excess reserves in the banking system increase, leading to more loans being made.


E

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a. demand is generally no longer downward sloping. b. the wage rate is used on the vertical axis as the market price. c. employment is used on the horizontal axis as the market quantity. d. both b and c.

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Which of the following would shift a market labor supply curve to the left?

a. a decrease in the price of output b. an increase in the price of output c. a labor-augmenting technological change d. better employment opportunities in a closely-related job

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The increase in the quantity of labor supplied in response to a higher wage is called the:

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