Suppose the Fed wants to increase the money supply. The most frequent way used to do this is

a. increase the discount rate
b. decrease the prime rate
c. buy US corporate stock from banks
d. buy US govt bonds from banks

Ans: d. buy US govt bonds from banks

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a. True b. False

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