Who Has the Authority to Set Interest Rates and Lending

question 47

Multiple Choice

Who has the authority to set interest rates and lending activities for the nation's most important banks?

• A)Federal Reserve System
• B)secretary of the Treasury
• C)Internal Revenue Service
• D)Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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