Matching 1. a governmental regulation; a mandate which is instituted to safeguard the purchaser discount rate 2. amount of money the Fed needs to have as a balance reserve requirements 3. Fed reserve-set interest rate to determine the amount needed to pay back the loan. consumer protection law 4. a government investment in businesses, guaranteeing repayment government securities 5. one company or even a small group of cooperating companies has control of the supply of a product monopoly