The Fed tried to reduce unemployment in the years following the recession of 2001 by:

A. reducing the growth rate of the money supply.
B. increasing government spending on construction projects.
C. keeping the Federal funds rate very low.
D. raising the reserve requirement for banks.

Ans: C. keeping the Federal funds rate very low.

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