When the Fed purchased a large quantity of long-term bonds, as it did during 2008-2010 with its quantitative easing policies, but most banks held onto their new reserves, the money multiplier ________ while the monetary base ________

A) increased; increased
B) increased; decreased
C) decreased; increased
D) decreased; decreased

C

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