If the Fed lends to member banks, what happens to reserves and the money supply?

Under the deficiency payments system, which was used to subsidize grain production?

a. the government purchased all surplus grain and destroys it. b. deficiency payments were increased when farmers cultivated their land more intensively. c. farmers were required to reduce cultivated acreage by 10 percent. d. farmers had a greater incentive to engage in beneficial crop rotation.

Assume that the government increases spending and finances the expenditures by borrowing in the domestic capital markets. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the real risk-free interest rate and current international transactions in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?

a. The real risk-free interest rate rises, and current international transactions become more positive (or less negative). b. The real risk-free interest rate falls, and current international transactions become more negative (or less positive). c. The real risk-free interest rate and current international transactions remain the same. d. The real risk-free interest rate rises, and current international transactions become more negative (or less positive). e. The real risk-free interest rate rises, and current international transactions remain the same.