Q1. Assume the economy is undergoing a recession. In its efforts to stimulate the economy by trying to influence short-term interest rates the Fed is most likely to take which two actions? A) Buy Treasury securities and decrease bank reserve requirements. B) Sell Treasury securities and increase bank reserve requirements. C) Sell Treasury securities and decrease bank reserve requirements.
Q2. David Wildstein, Harry Osajnuk, and Kurt Weil, are all junior economists at the Bank of Scarsdale. Over lunch they were discussing the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) and the banking system in the United States. They made the following statements regarding the overall purpose of the Federal Reserve System: Wildstein: In my opinion, the overall purpose and goal of the Federal Reserve System is to insure the deposits of individuals and firms holding funds with banking institutions. Osajnuk: The overall goal of the Federal Reserve System is to keep the discount rate flexible so that if additional funds are needed in the economy the discount rate will be reduced and if there is too much money in the economy the discount rate will be increased. Weil: The primary purpose of the Federal Reserve System is to regulate the amount of excess reserves held by member banks through the potential deposit expansion multiplier. Are the statements made by Wildstein, Osajnuk, and Weil CORRECT? Wildstein
Osajnuk Weil
A) Incorrect Incorrect Correct B) Incorrect Incorrect Incorrect C) Incorrect Correct Incorrect
Q3. Which one of the following Federal Reserve monetary policies, when pursued in line with the U.S. government’s fiscal policies, would help increase aggregate demand during a period of high unemployment? A) A decrease in the discount rate. B) The sale of bonds by the Fed. C) An increase in the reserve requirements for financial institutions.
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发表于 2009-1-15 14:48
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