A large U.S. steel firm wants to restrict imports of Japanese steel, but Ford Motor Company wants fewer restrictions on steel so that the price of steel will go down. This can best be described as

a. a zero-sum game
b. a competing-interest situation
c. a special-interest situation
d. a situation without widespread costs and benefits
e. an argument over distribution of a public good

B

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A) reserve requirements, margin regulations, and moral suasion. B) reserve requirements, open-market operations, and the discount rate. C) open-market operations, margin regulations, and moral suasion. D) the discount rate, margin regulations, and moral suasion.

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When the Fed purchases artwork to decorate the conference room at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

A) reserves rise, but the monetary base falls. B) reserves fall. C) currency in circulation falls. D) the monetary base rises.

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