Decreasing the required reserve ratio is an expansionary policy because it increases the amount of excess reserves in the banking system.
a. True
b. False
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QUESTION 2Movement along the aggregate demand curve may be caused by a change in autonomous investment spending.
a. True
b. False
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QUESTION 3During the 2008 crisis, the Fed demanded interest payments on reserves held at the Fed.
a. True
b. False
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QUESTION 4A change in consumers' expectations about the future will shift both the aggregate expenditure curve and the aggregate demand curve.
a. True
b. False
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QUESTION 5The Fed tries to prevent major financial crises through its control of financial markets.
a. True
b. False
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QUESTION 6If current aggregate expenditure equals current production, an economy is in equilibrium.
a. True
b. False
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