The Fed increases money supply during routine open market operations by Select one: a. Issuing new govt bonds b. Selling new govt bonds c. Buying existing govt bonds d. Selling existing govt bonds e. Buying your shoes

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The Fed increases money supply during routine open market operations by
Select one:
a. Issuing new govt bonds
b. Selling new govt bonds
c. Buying existing govt bonds
d. Selling existing govt bonds
e. Buying your shoes
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Open market operations:

It is one of the tools of monetary policy, through which the federal reserve bank changes the money supply in the economy. Under this method, the Fed sells or purchases government securities (bonds). 

In order to reduce the money supply, the Fed uses a contractionary monetary policy. When it wants to increase the money supply, it uses the expansionary monetary policy.

The expansionary policy and the contractionary policy are opposite of each other. 

 

 

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