Use graphs of the federal funds market to illustrate the effect on the demand for reserves or

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Use graphs of the federal funds market to illustrate the effect on the demand for reserves or the supply of reserves of each of the Fed policy actions listed below. Assume that reserves are scarce during the period the graphs represent. Be sure to explain what is happening in your graphs.
a. A decrease in the required reserve ratio
b. A decrease in the discount rate
c. A decrease in the interest rate paid on reserves
d. An open market sale of government securities

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Money, Banking, and the Financial System

ISBN: 978-0134524061

3rd edition

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien

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