In Addition to Open Market Operations and the Required Reserve

question 291

Multiple Choice

In addition to open market operations and the required reserve ratio, another tool of monetary policy available to the Fed is

• A) fiscal policy.
• B) tax rates and the progressivity of the income-tax system.
• C) government spending and various transfer-payment programs.
• D) the difference between the discount rate and the federal funds rate.

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