If the Fed wishes to increase the money supply, it can:

A. sell a bond to bank, and take the money it receives in exchange out of circulation in the economy.
B. buy bonds from a bank, giving the bank cash in return, which it can then lend out.
C. sell a bond to a bank, and take the money it receives and lend it out to someone else.
D. buy a bond from a bank, requiring the bank to hold the money it receives as excess reserves.

B. buy bonds from a bank, giving the bank cash in return, which it can then lend out.

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