monetary policy

Which of these is NOT a monetary policy tool?

• Discount rate
• Balance Accounts
• Open Market Operation
• Reserved Requirements

Selling bonds

• increases money supply
• decreases money supply

Buying bonds

• increases money supply
• decreases money supply

What is an action of monetary policy?

• reduce taxes
• changing reserve requirements
• increase spending
• borrow money for deficit

The central bank in the USA that regulates the monetary system

• The FED
• FDIC
• The IRS
• Social Security

Which policy would help fight unemployment?

• Expansionary

• Contractionary

which is the primary tool of monetary policy

• open market operations

• reserve requirement

• discount rate

If the Federal Reserve wanted to stimulate the economy (make it grow), they might buy

• sell Treasury bonds

• buy Treasury bonds

• spend more money

• spend less money

What action would the Federal Reserve take to control the inflation?

• buy government securities

• decrease the required reserve ratio

• increase taxes

• increase the discount rate

who is in charge of Monetary Policy

• the government

• the Federal Reserve System

• the states

• the department of the Treasury