Under a Gold Standard, the Fed

question 40

Multiple Choice

Under a gold standard, the Fed

• A) allow the price of gold to be freely determined in the gold market.
• B) target the price of gold so that it rose "k-percent" each year.
• C) no direct control over the nation's inflation rate.
• D) require that only the Fed could own gold.
• E) None of the above answers is correct

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