Here Is How an Open Market Purchase Works: the Fed

question 46

Multiple Choice

Here is how an open market purchase works: The Fed __________ government securities to (from) a commercial bank,which raises the bank's deposits at the __________ and increases the bank's __________.

• A) sells; Fed; reserves
• B) buys; Fed; reserves
• C) buys; Treasury; discount loans
• D) sells; Treasury; required reserve ratio
• E) buys; Fed; liabilities

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Definitions:

FIFO

First-In, First-Out, an inventory valuation method where the first items placed in inventory are the first sold.

LIFO

An inventory valuation approach called Last In, First Out dictates that the newest items in inventory are the first to be accounted for as sold or used.

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of Goods Sold represents the direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company, including material, labor, and overhead costs.

Lower-of-Cost

An accounting principle that states inventory is to be recorded at the purchase cost or the market value, whichever is lower.