Matching Match each term in Column A with its definition in Column B. Column A
1. full employment
2. open-market operations
3. inflationary cycle
4. reserve ratio
5. fiscal policy
6. discount rate
7. economic efficiency
8. stable prices
9. monetary policy
10. built-in stabilizers

Column B
a. little or no change in the purchasing power of the dollar b. maximum output with a minimum of total costs
c. the government's use of its powers to tax and spend in order to regulate the economy
d. a situation occurring when nearly everyone looking for work is able to find a job
e. economic forces that act automatically to keep spending in balance
f. the purchase and sale of government securi- ties by the Federal Reserve System
g. the Federal Reserve's use of its power to regulate the supply of money and credit
h. the percent of a bank's deposits that may not be loaned to a period of continually rising prices the interest charged banks by the Federal Reserve System