Quarterly Data for the Years 1988-93 for the Nominal Federal

question 104

Multiple Choice

Quarterly data for the years 1988-93 for the nominal federal funds interest rate and the output ratio show that the Fed

• A)reacted to a high output ratio by raising the interest rate.
• B)reacted to a high output ratio by lowering the interest rate.
• C)reacted to low output ratios but not to high output ratios.
• D)did not react to movements in the output ratio.

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