Paying a Higher Interest Rate on Reserves Held at the Fed

question 142

Multiple Choice

Paying a higher interest rate on reserves held at the Fed will tend to:

• A) increase the money supply.
• B) decrease the money supply.
• C) not change the money supply.
• D) have an ambiguous effect on the money supply.

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