What Are Offsetting Open Markets Operations

question 73

Multiple Choice

What are offsetting open markets operations?

• A)the buying or selling of government securities to change the direction of monetary policy
• B)the buying or selling of government securities to offset a change in the monetary base in response to a random fluctuation in another factor that affects the base
• C)all of the open market operations executed by the New York Fed
• D)None of the above is correct.

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