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1)The market for immediately available reserve balances at the Federal Reserve is known as the:

money market.

long-term bond market.

short-term bond market.

Federal funds market.

2)The sale of government bonds by the Federal Reserve Banks to commercial banks will:

increase aggregate supply.

decrease aggregate supply.

increase aggregate demand.

decrease aggregate demand.

3)

3) Which of the following is least likely to be a problem for monetary policy?

The recognition lag.

The operational lag.

The administrative lag.

Cyclical asymmetry.

4) The interest rate at which the Federal Reserve Banks lend to commercial banks is called the:

prime rate.

short-term rate.

discount rate.

Federal funds rate.

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Related questions

1. A restrictive monetary policy by the Fed should lead to:

A. A decrease in investment and an increase in aggregate demand.

B. Leave investment unchanged but decrease aggregate demand.

C. An increase in investment and an increase in aggregate demand.

D. A decrease in investment and a decrease in aggregate demand.

2. When the Federal Reserve uses open market operations (OMO) in an expansionary monetary policy:

A. The Fed will purchase stocks from banks, increasing the monetary base.

B. The Fed will buy bonds from banks, increasing bank reserves and increasing the monetary base.

C.The Fed will lower taxes and increase government spending.

D. The Fed will decrease the discount rate, decreasing the monetary base.

3. A primary goal of monetary policy is to:

A. Eliminate trade barriers from other nations.

B. Maintain high interest rates.

C. Reduce the size of the banking sector.

D. Prevent high rates of inflation.

4. The major tools of monetary policy available to the Federal Reserve System involve:

A. Reserve requirements and tax policy.

B. Reserve requirements and open-market operations.

C. The discount rate and exchange rates.

D. Open-market operations and changing government spending,

The steps in the transmission of monetary policy are: 

(i) Increase in government expenditures by the government which subsequently increases the aggregate demand.

(ii) Increase in money supply by the government that decreases the interest rate and lead to an increase in the aggregate demand.

(iii) Increase in government expenditures by the Federal Reserve leading to an increase in the aggregate demand.

(iv) Increase in the budget deficit by the government, which increases the money supply leading to an increase in the aggregate supply.

(v) A decrease in the federal funds rate by the Federal Reserve which lowers the real interest rate and subsequently increases the aggregate demand.

 

5. Fiscal policy is enacted through changes in

A. interest rates and the price level.

B. the supply of money and foreign exchange.

C. unemployment and inflation

D. taxation and government spending. 

 

6. In an economy, the government wants to decrease aggregate demand by $48 billion at each price level to decrease real GDP and control demand-pull inflation. If the MPS is 0.25, then it could

A. increase taxes by $16 billion.

B. increase taxes by $24 billion.

C. decrease government spending by $10 billion.

D. decrease government spending by $16 billion.

 

7. If there is a constitutional requirement to maintain a balanced budget, then during a recession when tax revenues are shrinking, the government will have to implement

A. contractionary fiscal policy.

B. no change in fiscal policy.

C. expansionary fiscal policy.

D. countercyclical fiscal policy.

 

8. Most economists believe that fiscal policy is:

A. better than the monetary policy for "fine-tuning" the economy.

B. better than the monetary policy for month-to-month stabilization.

C. not as good as the monetary policy for month-to-month stabilization.

D. not very good at pushing the economy in a particular direction.

 

9. An increase in the legal reserve ratio

A. increases the money supply by increasing excess reserves

B. decreases the money supply by decreasing excess reserves

C. increases the money supply by decreasing excess reserves

D. decreases the money supply by increasing excess reserves

 

10. The discount rate is the rate of interest at which

A. Federal Reserve Banks lend to commercial banks

B. savings and loan associations lend to some builders

C. Federal Reserve Banks lend to large corporations.

D. commercial banks lend to large corporations

 

11. Which of the following actions by the Fed most likely increase commercial bank lending?

A. raising the reserve ratio

B. increasing the federal funds rate target

C. reducing the interest paid on excess reserves held at the Fed

D. selling bonds to commercial banks and the public

 

12. Assume the economy is operating at less than full employment. An expansionary monetary policy will cause interest rates to ______, which will ______ investment spending.

A. decrease; decrease

B. decrease; increase

C. increase; increase

D. increase; decrease 

 

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