As per policy we have to answer first four questions
1) Solution: True
Explanation: The capital market includes trading in stocks and
bonds; and these are long-term assets
2) Solution: True
Explanation: Demand rises, and supplies of bonds also increases,
because firms have more attractive opportunities for the
investment
3) Solution: True
Explanation: The supply and demand analysis helps to determine
interest rates
4) Solution: False
Explanation: The banks are not always illiquid
TF 1. Capital market assets are long term debt. T F 2. If the demand for...
T F 5. Included on the FOMC of the FED is the Comptroller of the Currency. T F 6. The demand for loanable funds is supply of bonds, because generally to get someone will lend you money you give them a promise to repay. T F 7. A discount rate lower than the federal funds or market rate expands the money supply. T F 8. If the excess reserve deposit ratio rises, then the money supply rises . T F...
10. The sources of supply and demand for loanable funds Consider the market for loanable funds in the United States. Which of the following are sources of the supply of loanable funds? Check all that apply. A- A household’s current after-tax income exceeds its utility-maximizing level of consumption. B- Government tax revenues exceed government spending. C- A firm’s profit-maximizing level of expenditures exceeds its profits in the current period. D- A government runs a budget deficit. E- A household’s utility-maximizing...
1.What could the Federal Reserve have done to fight the Great Depression? a.Increase the money supply to reduce the interest rate. b.Increase the money supply to raise the interest rate. c.Decrease the money supply to reduce the interest rate. d.Decrease the money supply to raise the interest rate. 2. How could the government have used fiscal policy to fight the Great Depression? a.Reduce taxes, raise transfers, raise government purchases. b.Reduce taxes, reduce transfers, reduce government purchases. c.Raise taxes, reduce transfers,...
1. The interest rate in the federal funds market: a. is an interest rate that is largely unaffected by the policies of the Fed. b. will fall if the Fed sells bonds and, thereby, reduces the reserves available to banks. c. is determined by the imposition of price controls imposed by the Fed. d. rises when the quantity of funds demanded by banks seeking additional reserves exceeds the quantity supplied by banks with excess reserves. 2. If there is a...
7. Suppose that Canada imposes an import quota on automobiles. In the open-economy macroeconomic model, which of the following curves would this quota shift? a. supply of loanable funds left b. demand for loanable funds left c. demand for Canadian dollars right d. supply of Canadian dollars left 8. Suppose the Canadian government imposed import quotas on agricultural products. According to the foreign-currency exchange market diagram, which of the following outcomes would most likely result? a. Both the demand and supply curves...
QUESTION 1 This question is answered in Class 3-3. With deposit insurance, banks are not concerned about bank runs. As a result, they can a. keep lower reserves, and lend more at lower interest rates. b. keep higher reserves, and lend more at lower interest rates. c. keep lower reserves, and lend less at higher interest rates. d. keep higher reserves, and lend less at lower interest rates. 1 points QUESTION 2 This question is answered in Class 3-4....
3. How the Fed influences the money supply Which of the following are ways that the Federal Reserve influences the U.S. economy through its monetary policies? Check all that apply. O Using open-market operations to sell securities, the Fed can increase the money supply, thereby increasing interest rates and subsequently reducing the rate of inflation. O Using open-market operations to buy securities, the Fed can increase the money supply, thereby increasing interest rates, which would cause security prices to decrease. Using open-market operations to sell...
Question 1 (1 point) An open market purchase of T-bills by the Fed will: have no effect on the money supply. decrease the money supply. increase the money supply. O increase the amount of government bonds held at banks. Question 2 (1 point) Contractionary monetary policy _____ interest rates, causing aggregate demand to shift to the lowers; right Olowers; left O raises; right Oraises; left Which of the following aggregate demand - aggregate supply models illustrates the short-run effects of...
t t Question 1 (5 marks) I. Suppose money demand (on the horizontal axis) is plotted against the nominal interest rate on the vertical axis). This money demand curve will shift to the right when which of the following occurs? a. an increase in income. b. a reduction in the interest rate. c. an increase in the money supply. d. a decrease in the money supply. II. At the current interest rate, suppose the supply of money is less than...
1. Which of the following is true regarding spending and saving? a. Money that is spent cannot be saved. b. Spending is good for the economy; saving is bad for the economy. c. Spending money on items that are on sale is the same as saving money. d. Saving money and spending the same dollars has become easier with online banking. 2. If savers were to decrease the level of savings in an economy, what would happen in the loanable...