According to Liquidity-Preference Theory, What Action Taken by the Bank

question 24

Multiple Choice

According to liquidity-preference theory, what action taken by the Bank of Canada would shift the money-supply curve?

• A) if the Bank of Canada engaged in arbitrage
• B) if the Bank of Canada changed the inflation rate
• C) if the Bank of Canada changed the exchange rate
• D) if the Bank of Canada engaged in open-market transactions

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