ECON102 Lecture 20: CHAP 30, MONETARY POLICY (P2)

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 

1. If the current rate of unemployment is 3.8%, under which of the following circumstances would you expect the Fed to raise rates and enact contractionary monetary policy?

2.

The purchase of $49 million of Treasury securities by the Federal Reserve, given no change in the quantity of currency, will cause reserves at banks to increase by

Q30. The higher the reserve requirement,
a. the more the money supply can expand
b. the more interest the bank will earn on its reserve account
c. the less the money supply can expand
d. both the more the money supply can expand and the more interest the bank will earn on its reserve account

Q31. If depositors withdraw their funds and create a shortage of reserves, bankers
a. have no alternative but to call in outstanding loans
b. can borrow reserves from the Fed
c. must close their operations until their reserves increase
d. must sell bank stock to replenish reserves

Q32. If a bank has excess reserves,
a. its reserves are greater than its liabilities
b. it can make a loan if it wishes
c. it cannot make a loan if it wishes
d. it must borrow from the Fed

Q33. Which of the following is most influenced by changes in the discount rate?
a. the interest rate paid on savings
b. the commercial loan rate
c. the installment loan rate
d. the mortgage loan rate

Q34. The Federal Reserve System is built around
a. four regional banks
b. six regional banks
c. twelve district banks
d. one bank with several branches

Q35. The interest rate at which banks borrow excess reserves from each other is known as the
a. prime rate
b. federal funds rate
c. discount rate
d. T-bill rate

Q36. If the U. S. government increases spending, the U. S. Treasury
a. has the legal right to issue currency to pay for the spending
b. does not have the legal right to issue currency to pay for the spending
c. usually pays for the spending by selling bonds directly to the Fed
d. seldom pays for the spending by selling bonds to the public

Q37. Forces within the economy that naturally tend to counteract recessions and inflation are known as
a. discretionary stabilizers
b. automatic stabilizers
c. demand-management policies
d. fiscal dividends