Suppose, at a given federal funds rate, there is an excess demand for reserves in the federal funds market

If the Fed wants the federal funds rate to stay at that level, then it should undertake an open market ________ of bonds, everything else held constant. If the Fed does nothing, however, the federal funds rate will ________. A) sale; increase
B) purchase; increase
C) sale; decrease
D) purchase; decrease


B

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a. True
b. False
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A) nominal exchange rate. B) real exchange rate. C) relative inflation rate. D) purchasing power parity rate.

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A) an increase in securities held of $10 million and an increase in bank reserves of $10 million. B) an increase in securities held of $10 million and a decrease in bank reserves of $10 million. C) a decrease in securities held of $10 million and an increase in bank reserves of $10 million. D) a decrease in securities held of $10 million and a decrease in bank reserves of $10 million.

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The founding of the U.S. FDIC was primarily in response to

A) serious inflation after the Civil War. B) the bank panic of 1907. C) the Great Depression. D) the Volker recession in 1981-1982.

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