If the Fed Reduces the Interest Paid on Banks' Reserves

question 104

Multiple Choice

If the Fed reduces the interest paid on banks' reserves, it is trying to make banks hold:

• A) More excess reserves
• B) Less excess reserves
• C) More required reserves
• D) Less required reserves

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