Economics Today: The Macro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
Economics Today: The Macro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
19th Edition
ISBN: 9780134478760
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 14P
To determine

a) Open market operations and its effect on value of the federal funds Fed. It would gradually lead to the reduction in the money supply.

b) Effect of purchase in U.S government securities and the money supply. Eventually lowers the interest’s rates in order to maintain the federal funds target rate.

Concept introduction:

Fed reserves the power of employing the policy tools of the open market operations, changes in the reserve ratio and the given discount rate change

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