ECO 203 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECO 203 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 


Question 1

Individuals accept dollars because __________.

 

o   Dollars are backed by gold

o   They know someone else will accept the dollars

o   The government says they must

o   The Federal Reserve says they must

 

 

Question 2

Among the following, which are interest-earning assets of a bank?

 

o   Excess reserves

o   Loans to the public

o   Demand deposits

o   Federal funds

 

 

Question 3

Money demand is __________

 

o   Negatively related to real income

o   Positively related to the interest rate

o   Negatively related to velocity

o   Positively related to real income

 

 

Question 4

The transactions demand for money reflects money’s function as the __________.

 

o   Standard of value

o   Store of value

o   Unit of account

o   Medium of exchange

 

 

Question 5

Currently, which of the following is the Fed’s MOST important function?

 

o   To be a lender of last resort

o   To manage the size of the money supply to promote growth and employment

o   To regulate banks to keep them from jeopardizing the safety of deposits

o   To propose the federal budget

 

 

Question 6

What occurred in October 1979 that was later labeled the “Saturday night special”?

 

o   The Fed shifted from interest rate targets to money supply targets.

o   The Fed shifted from money supply targets to interest rate targets.

o   The Fed began to target the money multiplier.

o   The Fed began to target loanable funds’ interest rates.

 

 

Question 7

The M1 money supply includes all but which of the following?

 

o   Traveler’s checks

o   Circulating currency

o   Certificates of deposit

o   Checkable deposits

 

 

Question 8

During the Great Recession, which of the following unconventional methods was NOT used by the Fed used to stabilize the economy?

 

o   Expanding the credit market to include direct lending to nonbank financial firms

o   Lowering the federal funds rate to nearly zero

o   Increasing the gold and silver reserves of all member banks and financial firms

o   Guaranteeing the assets of firms deemed “too big to fail”

 

 

 

 

Question 9

Which of the following is included in M2 but is NOT in M1?

 

o   Currency

o   Savings deposits

o   Traveler’s checks

o   Checkable deposits

 

 

Question 10

The money supply fell during the Great Depression because __________

 

o   The monetary base also fell

o   The public held less currency, and the banks held less excess reserves

o   The public held more currency, and the banks held more excess reserves

o   The Fed did not yet exist

 

 

 

 

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