If the Fed wants to decrease the money supply using open-market operations, it should ______(buy/sell) $_________ billion worth of U.S. government bonds. If the Fed wants to decrease the money supply by adjusting the required reserve ratio, it should ______(increase/decrease) the required reserve ratio. THis is one question . please answer with an explanation.

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