本题目来源于试卷: IB Economics Unit 3.4: Macroeconomics - Monetary Policy & Fiscal Policy，类别为 IB经济学
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Suppose the European Centro9m; 7 h93j4 hzngvwb xrs*6oyal Bank's (ECB) goal is to increax(nqza4sdx v l - ge f6t/o+h+7-sor2ese the money supply; select which of the following opag+t6r ss2xo zeo7lq-xe/-n4 hfvd + (tions below the ECB must do:
A. Open-market operations is Purchase securities,Reserve requirement is Raise,Minimum leading rate is Decrease
B. Open-market operations is Purchase securities,Reserve requirement is Lower,Minimum leading rate is Decrease
C. Open-market operations is Sell securities,Reserve requirement is Raise,Minimum leading rate is Increase
D. Open-market operations is Sell securities,Reserve requirement is Lower,Minimum leading rate is Increase
参考答案: B
本题详细解析:
Choice B
If the ECB purchas d a,y4+b z ioef.q(6ai(i9ro :ggtpy7es government securities (bonds), it increases the money supply as it pays bondholders.
If the ECB lowers the reserve requirement, commercial banks have more excess reserves for more loanable funds p tra:goq(y ( zy47ig96aibio+.d, e fthat increase credit creation and the money supply.
If the ECB decreases the interest rate that it charges commercial banks (minimum lending rate or discount rate), banks borrow more and can lend more, increasing the money supply.
Choices A, C, and D include actions that decrease the money supply
selling securities
raising the reserve requirement
increasing the minimum lending rate
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