If the Fed wanted to use all of its policy variables to increase the supply of money, which of following would it not do?
a. Increase its open market purchases of government securities.
b. Increase the required reserve ratio

c. Increase the interest rate it pays banks on bank reserves.
d. It would not do b. or c.

b

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