Assume That the Reserve Requirement Ratio Is 12 Percent and That

question 7

Multiple Choice

Assume that the reserve requirement ratio is 12 percent and that the Fed uses open market operations by buying $200 million worth of Treasury securities. Assuming that banks use all funds except required reserves to make loans and that the public does not store any cash, the money supply should ____ by about ____.

• A)increase; $200 million
• B)increase; $1.67 billion
• C)decrease; $200 million
• D)decrease; $1.67 billion

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Predictor Variables

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Linear Regression

Statistical procedure in which a straight line is fitted to a set of data to best represent the relationship between two variables.

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A statistical technique that measures the strength of a relationship between one dependent variable and two or more independent variables.

Correlation

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