Which of the Following Actions by the Fed Would Increase

question 116

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions by the Fed would increase the money supply?

• A) Reducing the required reserve ratio.
• B) Selling government bonds in the open market.
• C) Increasing the discount rate.
• D) None of the above.

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StdDev

Standard Deviation, a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values.

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The central number in a series that divides the upper half from the bottom half.

StdDev

A rephrased term for standard deviation, indicating the degree to which individual data points in a set diverge from the mean value.

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