Open Market Operations Are

question 131

Multiple Choice

Open market operations are

• A) the buying of existing corporate securities in secondary markets by private citizens, banks and the Fed.
• B) the buying and selling of existing U.S. government securities in open private markets by the Fed.
• C) the actions of the Fed that are used to finance deficit financing by the government.
• D) the selling of new government securities in order to increase the money supply.

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