The discount rate is the rate of interest charged by the feds on loans to banks. It is used as a tool by the feds to:

A. Control the money supply
B. Encourage people to spend money
C. Make it more costly to borrow
D. Stimulate or cool off the economy

D

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a. Unity b. Revolution c. America d. Confederation

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IDPs in the newly created Republic of South Sudan face higher risks of illness, malnutrition, and sexual violence, with diminished access to health care. This demonstrates one of the ways in which the global health field intersects with issues involving ______.

A. civil society B. culture C. the environment D. civil war and conflict

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