The u. s. federal government offers homeowners a tax deduction for their home loan interest payments. this reduction in taxes serves as a(n) incentive to buy a house.

This reduction in taxes serves as a "direct"  incentive to buy a house.

There are direct incentives and indirect incentives, the difference between them are;Direct incentives are generally simple to perceive/aftereffect of an activity – Firm brings down the gas cost to pull in more clients and Indirect incentives are the hidden outcome of the move made – Pollution is a result of the expanded amount requested.

The federal reserve took an expansionary approach during the crisis. this was done by expanding the money supply and boosting liquidity. this can be seen in the fed's actions of lending to banks, purchasing securities, and lowering the federal funds rate in order to lower overall interest rates. the fed's goal was to increase consumer spending and overall liquidity within the system, and they pursued this by expanding the supply of liquid money.