Which of the Below Statements Is FALSE

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the below statements is FALSE?

• A) Although an increase in the money supply is an economically expansionary policy, the resultant increase in income depends substantially on the amount of slack in the economy at the time of the Fed's action.
• B) In Fisher's terms, the interest rate reflects the interaction of the savers' marginal rate of time preference and borrowers' marginal productivity of capital.
• C) Changes in the money supply can affect the level of interest rates through the liquidity effect, the income effect, and the price expectations effect; their relative magnitudes depend upon the level of economic activity at the time of the change in the money supply.
• D) Because the price level (and expectations regarding its changes) affects the money demand function, the liquidity effect is an increase in the interest rate.

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