When the Fed Takes Action to Change Nominal Interest Rates

question 127

Multiple Choice

When the Fed takes action to change nominal interest rates, it does so by

• A)buying and selling bonds.
• B)mandating that banks change the prime rate.
• C)recommending that the president change the interest rate.
• D)recommending that Congress change the interest rate.
• E)increasing the required reserve ratio.

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