Price level LRAS a Yc Yf Yb AS₂2 AD₁ AS₁ AD₂ Real GDP per year Refer to the figure above. If the economy is at point c, to close the output gap the Federal Reserve can O buy US bonds and/or increase the discount rate. sell US bonds and/or increase the discount rate. O buy US bonds and/or decrease the discount rate. sell US bonds and/or decrease the discount rate.
Price level LRAS a Yc Yf Yb AS₂2 AD₁ AS₁ AD₂ Real GDP per year Refer to the figure above. If the economy is at point c, to close the output gap the Federal Reserve can O buy US bonds and/or increase the discount rate. sell US bonds and/or increase the discount rate. O buy US bonds and/or decrease the discount rate. sell US bonds and/or decrease the discount rate.
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![Price
level
LRAS
a
Yc Yf Yb
AS₂2
AD₁
AS₁
AD₂
Real GDP per year
Refer to the figure above. If the economy is at point c, to close the output gap
the Federal Reserve can
O buy US bonds and/or increase the discount rate.
sell US bonds and/or increase the discount rate.
O buy US bonds and/or decrease the discount rate.
sell US bonds and/or decrease the discount rate.
Decreasing the discount rate is
an expansionary policy stance because consumers and businesses can now borrow funds
directly from the Fed at a lower cost, thereby encouraging private spending.
a contractionary policy stance because the cost of borrowing funds falls, thereby
encouraging consumption and investment spending.
an expansionary policy stance because it will be less costly for banks to borrow funds and
this puts downward pressure on interest rates in the economy.
a contractionary policy because it reduces banks' profit margins by lowering the return on
lending.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0b54a11b-2ac8-42ea-abe3-0989946e1f16%2F892cbccd-fa1e-4922-924b-9d338a427a1b%2Fry9st2_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Price
level
LRAS
a
Yc Yf Yb
AS₂2
AD₁
AS₁
AD₂
Real GDP per year
Refer to the figure above. If the economy is at point c, to close the output gap
the Federal Reserve can
O buy US bonds and/or increase the discount rate.
sell US bonds and/or increase the discount rate.
O buy US bonds and/or decrease the discount rate.
sell US bonds and/or decrease the discount rate.
Decreasing the discount rate is
an expansionary policy stance because consumers and businesses can now borrow funds
directly from the Fed at a lower cost, thereby encouraging private spending.
a contractionary policy stance because the cost of borrowing funds falls, thereby
encouraging consumption and investment spending.
an expansionary policy stance because it will be less costly for banks to borrow funds and
this puts downward pressure on interest rates in the economy.
a contractionary policy because it reduces banks' profit margins by lowering the return on
lending.
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