The Movement Away from Bank Lending Towards Asset-Backed Securities

question 100

Multiple Choice

The movement away from bank lending towards asset-backed securities:

• A)Has increased the importance of the bank-lending channel of monetary policy
• B)Has eliminated the bank-lending channel as a mechanism for monetary policy
• C)Has not affected the importance of the bank-lending channel
• D)Will require the FOMC to rethink the quantitative impact of changing the target federal funds rate

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