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Macroeconomics Ex 4
Question | Answer |
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Two options for expansionary fiscal policy | Increase government spending, reduce taxes |
Two options for contractionary fiscal policy | Decrease Government Spending, raise taxes |
Three functions of money | Medium of exchange, unit of account, store of value |
Name three characteristics of Federal Reserve Banks | Central bank, Quasi-Public Banks, Banker's Bank |
Name four functions of Federal Reserve Banks | Issuing currency, Setting reserve requriements and holding assets, lending to financial institutions providing for check collection acting as a fiscal agent, supervising banks, controlling the money supply |
Give two advantages of free trade | Promotes competition and deters monopoly Compels firms to be innovative and progressive |
Name two reasons we demand money | Purchases Assets |
Give two direct effects of tariffs | Decline in consumption Increase in domestic production Decline in imports Tariff revenue |
Give two options for expansionary monetary policy | Open market operations through buying of bonds Decreasing the reserve ratio Decreasing the discount rate |
Give two options for contractionary monetary policy | Open market operations through the selling of bonds Increasing the reserve ratio Increasing the discount rate |