In November 2008, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Lowered

question 62

Multiple Choice

In November 2008, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered its "repo" rate, the rate at which it lends to banks, from 8 percent to 7.5 percent. Only two weeks earlier, it had lowered the rate from 9 percent to 8 percent. The Economist, 11/6/2008
The Reserve Bank of India is lowering its rates to fight

• A) inflation.
• B) recession.
• C) rising net exports.
• D) a decrease in money demand.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) affect an individual's adult personality.

Superego

Part of the Freudian psychoanalytic theory, representing the ethical component of personality that provides the moral standards by which the ego operates.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Phallic

Pertains to the third stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, focusing on the pleasure center around the genital area during the ages of 3 to 6 years.