Empirical Evidence Suggests That Over the Last Several Decades

question 95

Multiple Choice

Empirical evidence suggests that over the last several decades:

• A) the nominal and real federal funds rates are related inversely.
• B) the nominal and real federal funds rates are highly positively correlated.
• C) while the FOMC has had a lot of influence over the nominal federal funds rate, they have been less successful at changing the real federal funds rate.
• D) there is no correlation between the nominal and real federal funds.

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