If the Fed Wants to Fight Recession, It Will ________

question 179

Multiple Choice

If the Fed wants to fight recession, it will ________ the federal funds rate in order to ________.

• A) raise; increase aggregate demand
• B) raise; decrease aggregate supply
• C) raise; increase aggregate supply
• D) lower; increase aggregate supply
• E) lower; increase aggregate demand

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Definitions:

Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms

The reproductive barriers that prevent a species from interbreeding with another species; as a result, each species’ gene pool is isolated from those of other species. See prezygotic barrier and postzygotic barrier.

Sympatric Isolating Mechanisms

Sympatric isolating mechanisms are barriers to breeding that occur when two species share the same habitat but develop behaviors or characteristics that prevent them from interbreeding.

Allopatric Isolating Mechanisms

Biological barriers that prevent species from interbreeding and producing fertile offspring when they are geographically separated.

Equilibrium Isolating Mechanisms

A term not widely recognized as a standard biological concept and may refer to mechanisms maintaining equilibrium in isolated populations; NO.