If the Fed decides to use an open market operation to reduce the money supply by $1 million, and if the money multiplier is 10, then what total amount of Treasury securities must the Fed initially sell?
a. $10,000,000.
b. $1,000,000.
c. $100,000.
d. $10,000.
c
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Moving along the AS curve, when the price level increases, the
A) nominal wage rate falls, and there is an increase in the quantity of real GDP supplied. B) real wage rate rises, and there is an increase in the quantity of real GDP supplied. C) nominal wage rate rises, and there is a decrease in the quantity of real GDP supplied. D) real wage rate falls, and there is an increase in the quantity of real GDP supplied. E) real wage rate rises, and there is a decrease in the quantity of real GDP supplied.
Suppose that the natural unemployment rate is 4.5 percent and the actual unemployment rate is 3.5 percent. Then cyclical unemployment is
A) 1 percent. B) -1 percent. C) 8 percent. D) 0 percent.