How would the Fed's changing the discount rate affect the money supply?

What will be an ideal response?

When the Fed changes the discount rate, it changes the amount banks must pay to borrow money from the Fed. If the Fed raises the discount rate, it charges banks more to borrow money, making banks less likely to borrow and therefore, giving banks less money to loan out, which would reduce the money supply. Conversely, if the Fed lowers the discount rate, banks would borrow and loan out more money, which would increase the money supply.

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a. during which the firm can vary its plant size. b. less than six months. c. less than one year. d. less than five years.

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The Keynesian model of aggregate expenditure assumes that

a) individual firms' prices are flexible but the price level is fixed b) both individual firms' prices and the price level are flexible c) both individual firms' prices and the price level are fixed d) individual firms' prices are fixed but the price level is flexible

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