The Fed Often Employs Variants of Simple Open Market Purchases

question 35

Multiple Choice

The Fed often employs variants of simple open market purchases and sales, and these are called ________.

• A) the trading agreements of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
• B) the repurchase agreement (or repo) and the reverse repo.
• C) matched sale or a matched sale-purchase transaction
• D) open market operations

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