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question 219

Multiple Choice

Figure 11.15 Alt text for Figure 11.15: In figure 11.15, a graph comparing quantity of money and interest rate.
Long description for Figure 11.15: The x-axis is labelled, quantity of money (billions of dollars) .The y-axis is labelled, interest rate, i.3 lines are shown; MD1, MD2, and MS.Line MD1 begins at the top left corner and slopes down to the end of the x-axis.Line MD2 follows the same slope as MD1, but is plotted to the right.Line MS is perpendicular to the x-axis, and begins from the x-axis value 500.Line MD1 intersects line MS at point A (500, 4) .Line MD2 intersects line MS at point B (500, 5%) .Points A and B are connected to their respective coordinates on the y-axis with dotted lines.
-Refer to Figure 11.15.In the figure above, if the economy in Year 1 is at point A and expected in Year 2 to be at point B, then the appropriate monetary policy by the Bank of Canada would be to

• A)expand the money supply.
• B)reduce the money supply.
• C)lower income taxes.
• D)raise income taxes.
• E)reduce the exchange rate.

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