True or False: The rate that is charged when banks, seeking additional reserves, borrow short-term funds from banks with excess reserves is known as the federal funds rate. FalseTrueIf the Fed wants to use open market operations to raise the federal funds rate, it should U. S. securities and other financial assets on the open market.

Recently, it was observed that people have started saving more rather than spending. this has impacted the demand for luxury goods and services. the decline in the demand led to unemployment in the related sectors. what can be a primary solution to reduce the unemployment levels in the country? a. increase the interest rates b. impose fine for savings c. force industries to rehire employees d. reduce the interest rates e. import goods and services

Which of the following accurately describes a surplus? a. consumer demand for a certain car is below the number of cars that are produced. b. the production costs for a certain car are below the sale price of that car. c. a reduction in the cost of steel enables a car company to reduce the sale price of its cars. d. a car company tries to charge too high a price for a car and has to reduce the price. 2b2t

Assume that the following conditions exist: a. all banks are fully loaned up- there are no excess reserves, and desired excess reserves are always zero. b. the money multiplier is 5 .     c. the planned investment schedule is such that at a 4 percent rate of interest, investment =$1450 billion. at 5 percent, investment is $1420 billion. d. the investment multiplier is 3 . e.. the initial equilibrium level of real gdp is $12 trillion. f. the equilibrium rate of interest is 4 percent now the fed engages in contractionary monetary policy. it sells $1 billion worth of bonds, which reduces the money supply, which in turn raises the market rate of interest by 1 percentage point. calculate the decrease in money supply after fed's sale of bonds: $nothing billion.