Author Question: The rate targeted by the Federal Reserve System as it conducts monetary policy is the ________. ... (Read 80 times)

go.lag · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

The rate targeted by the Federal Reserve System as it conducts monetary policy is the ________.

A) discount rate
B) prime rate
C) Treasury bill rate
D) fed funds rate

Question 2

If the government wishes to increase its spending on goods and services by 10 billion without increasing the overall level of aggregate demand, it should

a. increase taxes by 10 billion.
b. decrease taxes by 10 billion.
c. increase taxes by more than 10 billion.
d. increase taxes, but by less than 10 billion.
e. leave tax receipts unchanged.