Discount rate policy is most often

a. lowered when market rates rise.
b. used to actively control the money supply.
c. the Fed's primary tool of monetary control.
d. passively changed by the Fed to follow market rates.

d

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The town of Marble Falls has 10 workers, of which 8 are employed and 2 are actively seeking work. The unemployment rate in Marble Falls is

A) 5%. B) 10%. C) 20%. D) 25%.

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Data indicate that the large increase in government spending on income transfers that started with the War on Poverty during the latter half of the 1960s has resulted in

a. a substantial reduction in the poverty rate. b. a more equal distribution of income. c. fewer single-parent families because a married couple receives benefits twice as large. d. little change in the official poverty rate.

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