Which List Contains Only Actions That Decrease the Money Supply

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which list contains only actions that decrease the money supply?

• A) raising the bank rate; making open-market purchases
• B) raising the bank rate; making open-market sales
• C) lowering the bank rate; making open-market purchases
• D) lowering the bank rate; making open-market sales

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Unpleasant Stimulus

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Compensation

A defense mechanism characterized by efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by developing one’s abilities.

Imagined Or Real Inferiorities

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Adler

Refers to Alfred Adler, an Austrian medical doctor and psychotherapist, known for his contributions to psychology with the theory of individual psychology.