The housing market has come to a standstill and the government wants to encourage first-time home buyers to make housing purchases. What action can the Fed take that will most likely result in more first-time home purchases? increase interest rates
decrease interest rates
increase reserve requirements
sell bonds to commercial banks

Afour-year college’s application process takes into account all of the following except

Jessica wants to get a credit card, but the bank is refusing to give her one. what could be the possible reason behind the bank's refusal to comply with jessica's request? a. she does not have an account with the bank b. she has a bad credit history c. she has a good credit history d. she is 18 years old e. she doesn't have a job

An ecosystem is shown in the illustration. assume that human activities have led to a decrease in the number of eagles. a virus attack on rabbits has led to a decrease in their population in the ecosystem. which two sentences describe likely effects on the ecosystem? 1. there’s an increase in the number of snakes and insects and a decrease in the number of frogs. 2. there’s an increase in the number of snakes and insects, and the storks face increased competition for food. 3. there’s an increase in the number of storks and a decrease in the number of snakes and insects. 4. there’s an increase in the number of frogs and a decrease in the number of storks and insects. 5. there’s a decrease in the number of snakes, insects, and frogs.