An Open-Market Purchase of Securities by the Fed Results in ________

question 65

Multiple Choice

An open-market purchase of securities by the Fed results in ________ in reserves and ________ in the supply of money.

• A) an increase; a decrease
• B) a decrease; a decrease
• C) an increase; an increase
• D) a decrease; an increase

Analyze the impact of initial allocations on the determination of competitive equilibrium prices and consumptions.

Understand how to model and solve for competitive equilibrium in various market settings.

Learn the applications of different types of utility functions (e.g., U(x, y) = xy, U(x, y) = x + y) in determining economic outcomes.

Develop the ability to depict economic interactions and allocations graphically through diagrams such as Edgeworth boxes.

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Definitions:

Accrual Accounting

Accounting method that records revenues and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when cash is exchanged.

Cash Basis Accounting

An accounting method recording transactions when cash is received or paid, irrespective of when revenues or expenses were incurred.

Adjusting Entries

End-of-period accounting insertions to correctly allocate revenues and costs to the specific timeframe in which they occurred.

Prepaid Expenses

Prepaid Expenses are future expenses that have been paid in advance and are recorded as assets on a balance sheet until they are realized as an expense.