There are several ways that governments can increase or decrease the money supply. Match the descriptions below with the corresponding policy tool. It is possible that the description does not apply to any of the terms.
a. A government printing more currency.
b. An increase in government spending.
c. An increase in the interest rate that a central bank charges commercial banks for loans.
d. A central bank purchasing existing bonds.
e. An increase in the percentage of deposits that banks must keep on hand.
f. A central bank purchasing a large quantity of longer-term Treasury bonds.
1. Open Market Operations
2. Reserve Requirement
3. Discount Rate
4. Quantitative Easing

Identify which of the twelve basic functions listed below fit the description given.

Maria am corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. the baking department is one of the processing departments in its strudel manufacturing facility. in june in the baking department, the cost of beginning work in process inventory was $4,880, the cost of ending work in process inventory was $1,150, and the cost added to production was $25,200. required: prepare a cost reconciliation report for the baking department for june.

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.