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Chapter 18
Conduct of Monetary Policy: Goals and Targets

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Multiple Choice

1)

The objectives of the Federal Reserve in its conduct of monetary policy include
(a) economic growth.
(b) price stability.
(c) high employment.
(d) all of the above.
Answer: D
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2)

The goals of monetary policy include
(a) output stability.
(b) price stability.
(c) stability of the financial markets.
(d) all of the above.
(e) both (b) and (c) of the above.
Answer: E
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3)

The goals of monetary policy include

(a) output stability.
(b) stability in the foreign exchange markets.
(c) maintenance of the gold standard.
(d) all of the above.
(e) both (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: B
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Even if the Fed could completely control the money supply, monetary policy would have critics
because
(a) the Fed is asked to achieve many goals, some of which are incompatible with others.
(b) the Fed’s goals do not include high employment, making labor unions a critic of the Fed.
(c) the Fed’s primary goal is exchange rate stability, causing it to ignore domestic economic
conditions.
(d) it is required to keep Treasury security prices high.
(e) all of the above.
Answer: A
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5)

High unemployment is undesirable because it
(a) results in a loss of output.

(b) always increases inflation.
(c) always increases interest rates.
(d) reduces the federal budget deficit.
(e) reduces idle resources.
Answer: A
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6)

When workers voluntarily leave work while they look for better jobs, the resulting unemployment is
called
(a) structural unemployment.
(b) frictional unemployment.
(c) cyclical unemployment.
(d) underemployment.
Answer: B
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7)

Unemployment resulting from a mismatch of workers’ skills and job requirements is called
(a) frictional unemployment.
(b) structural unemployment.
(c) seasonal unemployment.
(d) cyclical unemployment.
(e) the natural rate of unemployment.
Answer: B
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8)

The goal for high employment should seek a level of unemployment at which the demand for labor
equals the supply of labor. Economists call this level of unemployment the
(a) frictional level of unemployment.
(b) structural level of unemployment.
(c) natural rate level of unemployment.
(d) Keynesian rate level of unemployment.
Answer: C
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Although the goals of high employment and economic growth are closely related, policies can be
specifically aimed at encouraging economic growth by
(a) encouraging firms to invest.
(b) encouraging people to save.
(c) doing both (a) and (b) of the above.
(d) doing neither (a) nor (b) of the above.
Answer: C
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10)

Although the goals of high employment and economic growth are closely related, policies can be
specifically aimed at encouraging economic growth by

(a) encouraging firms to invest and people to save.
(b) encouraging firms to limit their price increases.
(c) doing both (a) and (b) of the above.
(d) doing neither (a) nor (b) of the above.
Answer: A
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11)

Supply-side economic policies seek to
(a) increase taxes to encourage saving.
(b) raise interest rates through contractionary monetary policy.
(c) increase federal government expenditures.
(d) increase consumption expenditures by increasing taxes.
(e) increase saving and investment using tax incentives.
Answer: E
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12)

Price stability is desirable because
(a) inflation creates uncertainty, making it difficult to plan for the future.
(b) everyone is better off when prices are stable.
(c) price stability increases the profitability of the Fed.
(d) it guarantees full employment.
Answer: A
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13)

Inflation results in
(a) ease of planning for the future.
(b) ease of comparing prices over time.
(c) social harmony.
(d) lower nominal interest rates.
(e) difficulty interpreting relative price movements.
Answer: E
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Economists feel that countries recently suffering hyperinflations have experienced
(a) reduced growth.
(b) increased growth.
(c) reduced prices.
(d) lower interest rates.
(e) none of the above.
Answer: A
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15)

The primary goal of the European Central Bank is

(a) price stability.
(b) exchange rate stability.
(c) interest rate stability.
(d) high employment.
(e) all of the above.
Answer: A
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16)

The Federal Reserve desires interest rate stability because
(a) it allows for less uncertainty about future planning.
(b) interest-rate volatility often leads to demands to curtail the Fed’s power.
(c) it guarantees full employment.
(d) of both (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: D
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17)

Upward movements in interest rates
(a) create great hostility toward the central bank and lead to demands that the central bank’s power
be curtailed.
(b) make it more difficult for construction firms to plan how many houses they should build.
(c) reduce consumers’ willingness to purchase houses.
(d) do all of the above.
(e) do only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: D
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18)

Upward movements in interest rates
(a) create great hostility toward the central bank and lead to demands that the central bank’s power
be curtailed.
(b) make it more difficult for construction firms to plan how many houses they should build.
(c) increase consumers’ willingness to purchase houses.
(d) do all of the above.
(e) do only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: E
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Upward movements in interest rates do all of the following except
(a) create great hostility toward the central bank and lead to demands that the central bank’s power
be curtailed.
(b) make it more difficult for construction firms to plan how many houses they should build.
(c) increase consumers’ willingness to purchase houses.
(d) both (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: C
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20)

The Federal Reserve System was created to
(a) make it easier to finance budget deficits.
(b) promote financial market stability.
(c) lower the unemployment rate.
(d) promote rapid economic growth.
(e) all of the above.
Answer: B
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21)

Which economic goals of monetary policy make planning for the future easier?
(a) Price level stability
(b) Interest rate stability
(c) Exchange rate stability
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
Answer: D
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22)

Which set of goals can, at times, conflict in the short run?
(a) High employment and economic growth
(b) Interest rate stability and financial market stability
(c) High employment and price level stability
(d) Exchange rate stability and financial market stability
(e) All of the above sets of goals can be in conflict

Answer: C
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23)

The central bank’s game plan can be described as follows:
(a) The central bank uses its policy tools to adjust intermediate targets that directly impact its
operating targets in a way that allows the central bank to achieve its goals.
(b) The central bank uses its policy tools to adjust operating targets that directly impact its
intermediate targets in a way that allows the central bank to achieve its goals.
(c) The central bank uses its operating targets to adjust its intermediate targets that directly impact
its policy tools in a way that allows the central bank to achieve its goals.
(d) None of the above.
Answer: B
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Frederic S. Mishkin • Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, Seventh Edition

If the central bank’s strategy for conducting monetary policy is thought of as a game plan that
proceeds in stages, then the game plan can be summarized as follows:
(a) The central bank selects its policy goals, then the intermediate targets consistent with achieving
its policy goals, then the operating targets consistent with its intermediate targets; finally, it
adjusts its policy tools to affect the desired targets and goals.
(b) The central bank selects its policy goals, then the operating targets consistent with achieving its
policy goals, then the intermediate targets consistent with its operating targets; finally, it adjusts

its policy tools to affect the desired targets and goals.
(c) The central bank selects its policy tools, then its intermediate targets consistent with its policy
tools, then the operating targets consistent with the intermediate targets; finally, it adjusts its
policy goals to affect the desired targets and tools.
(d) The central bank selects its policy tools, then the operating targets consistent with achieving its
policy tools, then the intermediate targets consistent with its operating targets; finally, it adjusts
its policy goals to affect the desired targets and tools.
(e) None of the above.
Answer: A
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25)

Which of the following is not an operating target?
(a) Nonborrowed reserves
(b) Monetary base
(c) Federal funds interest rate
(d) Discount rate
(e) All are operating targets
Answer: D
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26)

Which of the following is a potential operating target for the central bank?
(a) The monetary base
(b) The M1 money supply
(c) Nominal GNP
(d) The discount rate
Answer: A

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27)

Which of the following is a potential operating target for the central bank?
(a) Nonborrowed reserves
(b) The federal funds rate
(c) The monetary base
(d) Each of the above
Answer: D
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A potential operating target for the Fed is
(a) the monetary base.
(b) borrowed reserves.
(c) the federal funds rate.
(d) the nonborrowed monetary base.
(e) all of the above.
Answer: E
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29)

Due to the lack of timely data for the price level and economic growth, the Fed’s strategy
(a) targets the exchange rate, since the Fed can control this variable.
(b) targets the price of gold, since it is closely related to economic activity.
(c) uses an intermediate target, such as an interest rate.
(d) stabilizes the consumer price index, since the Fed can control the CPI.
(e) has been to abandon policy goals.
Answer: C
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30)

An advantage of an intermediate targeting strategy is that it provides the central bank with
(a) more timely information regarding the effect of monetary policy.
(b) a slow adjustment process.
(c) a target that is precisely correlated with economic activity.
(d) each of the above.
(e) only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: A
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31)

If the central bank targets a monetary aggregate, it is likely to lose control over the interest rate
because
(a) of fluctuations in the money demand function.
(b) of fluctuations in the consumption function.
(c) bond values will tend to remain stable.
(d) of fluctuations in the business cycle.
Answer: A
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Figure 18-1
32)

Referring to Figure 18-1, fluctuations in money demand between Md′ and Md′′ cause
(a) fluctuations of the money supply.
(b) the interest rate to remain stable at i*.
(c) interest rate fluctuations between i* and i′′.
(d) interest rate fluctuations between i′ and i′′.
(e) none of the above.
Answer: D
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33)

Figure 18-1 depicts a situation of
(a) interest rate stability.
(b) stability of money demand.
(c) instability of money supply.
(d) interest rate instability.
(e) none of the above.
Answer: D
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34)

In Figure 18-1, the central bank is targeting
(a) the interest rate.
(b) the money supply.
(c) money demand.
(d) all of the above.
(e) none of the above.
Answer: B
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If the Fed pursues a strategy of targeting an interest rate when fluctuations in money demand are
prevalent,
(a) fluctuations in the money supply will be small.
(b) fluctuations in the money supply will be large.
(c) the Fed will probably quickly abandon this policy, as it did in the 1960s.
(d) the Fed will probably quickly abandon this policy, as it did in the 1950s.
Answer: B
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36)

Money demand fluctuations cause the Fed to lose control over a monetary aggregate if the Fed
targets
(a) a monetary aggregate.
(b) the monetary base.
(c) an interest rate.
(d) nominal GDP.
(e) all of the above.
Answer: C
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Figure 18-2
37)

Referring to Figure 18-2, if the central bank wishes to keep the interest rate at the target value i*, it
must
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

increase the money supply to Ms′′ when money demand increases to Md′′.
allow the interest rate to increase when money demand increases.
hold the money supply constant at Ms* when money demand falls to Md′.
allow the interest rate to decrease when money demand decreases.
none of the above.

Answer: A

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Referring to Figure 18-2, an interest rate target requires that the central bank
(a) increase the money supply when money demand falls.
(b) increase the money supply when interest rates fall.
(c) reduce the money supply when money demand increases.
(d) reduce the money supply when interest rates fall.
(e) hold the money supply constant when money demand changes.
Answer: D
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39)

Referring to Figure 18-2, when money demand fluctuates between Md′ and Md′′, a policy of interest
rate targeting results in
(a) interest rate fluctuations between i′ and i′′.
(b) money supply fluctuations between Ms′ and Ms′′.
(c) interest rate fluctuations between i* and i′′.
(d) money supply fluctuations between M* and Ms′′.
(e) no fluctuations in either the interest rate or money supply.
Answer: B
Question Status: New

40)

Referring to Figure 18-2, the target interest rate i* is attained when
(a) money demand is Md* and the money supply is Ms′.
(b) money demand is Md′ and the money supply is Ms′.
(c) money demand is Md′ and the money supply is Ms*.
(d) money demand is Md* and the money supply is Ms′′.
(e) money demand is Md′′ and the money supply is Ms*.
Answer: B
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41)

Interest rates are difficult to measure because
(a) data on them are not timely available.
(b) real interest rates depend on the hard-to-determine expected inflation rate.
(c) they fluctuate too often to be accurate.
(d) they cannot be controlled by the Fed.
Answer: B
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42)

Economists question the desirability of a real interest rate target because
(a) the Fed does not have direct control over real interest rates.
(b) changes in real interest rates have little effect on economic activity.
(c) real interest rates are extremely difficult to measure.
(d) all of the above are correct.
(e) only (a) and (c) of the above.
Answer: E

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Which of the following criteria need not be satisfied for choosing an intermediate target?
(a) The variable must be measurable.
(b) The variable must be controllable.
(c) The variable must be predictable.
(d) The variable must be transportable.
Answer: D
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44)

Which of the following criteria must be satisfied when selecting an intermediate target?
(a) The variable must be measurable and frequently available.
(b) The variable must be controllable with the use of the central bank’s policy tools.
(c) The variable must have a predictable impact on the policy goal.
(d) Each of the above.
Answer: D
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45)

Which of the following is not a requirement in selecting an intermediate target?

(a) Measurability
(b) Controllability
(c) Flexibility
(d) Predictability
Answer: C
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46)

A problem with using nominal GDP as an intermediate target is that
(a) data for nominal GDP are available quarterly.
(b) data for nominal GDP are highly accurate.
(c) data for nominal GDP are not related to inflation and economic growth.
(d) all of the above.
(e) both (b) and (c) of the above.
Answer: A
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47)

Which of the following best explains why the Federal Reserve does not use nominal GDP as an
intermediate target?
(a) Nominal GDP has little connection with Fed policy goals.
(b) Nominal GDP is unaffected by open market operations.
(c) The Fed has little direct control over nominal GDP.
(d) None of the above.
Answer: C
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When it comes to choosing an operating target, both the _____ rate and _____ aggregates are
measured accurately and are available daily with almost no delay.
(a) three-month T-bill; monetary
(b) three-month T-bill; reserve
(c) federal funds; monetary
(d) federal funds; reserve
Answer: D
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49)

When it comes to choosing an operating target, both the _____ rate and _____ aggregates are easily
controllable using the Fed’s policy tools.
(a) federal funds; monetary
(b) federal funds; reserve
(c) three-month T-bill; monetary
(d) thirty-year T-bond; reserve
Answer: B
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50)

If the desired intermediate target is an interest rate, then the preferred operating target will be a(n)
_____ variable like the _____.
(a) interest rate; three-month T-bill rate
(b) interest rate; federal funds rate
(c) monetary aggregate; monetary base
(d) monetary aggregate; nonborrowed base
Answer: B
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51)

If the desired intermediate target is a monetary aggregate, then the preferred operating target will be
a(n) _____ variable like the _____.
(a) interest rate; three-month T-bill rate
(b) interest rate; federal funds rate
(c) reserve aggregate; monetary base
(d) reserve aggregate; narrow money supply M1
Answer: C
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52)

If the desired intermediate target is a monetary aggregate, which of the following would be the most
preferred operating target?
(a) The federal funds interest rate
(b) The 90-day T-bill rate
(c) The 180-day T-bill rate
(d) The monetary base
Answer: D
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If the desired intermediate target is an interest rate, the preferred operating target would be
(a) the federal funds interest rate.
(b) the monetary base.
(c) nonborrowed reserves.
(d) borrowed reserves.
(e) the discount rate.
Answer: A
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54)

In its earliest years, the Federal Reserve’s guiding principle for the conduct of monetary policy was
known as the
(a) real bills doctrine.
(b) liberal liquidity doctrine.
(c) free reserves doctrine.
(d) conservative liquidity doctrine.
(e) the quantity theory of money.
Answer: A
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55)

The guiding principle for the conduct of monetary policy that held that as long as loans were being
made for “productive” purposes, then providing reserves to the banking system to make sure these
loans would not be inflationary became known as the
(a) free reserves doctrine.
(b) Benjamin Strong doctrine.
(c) efficient liquidity doctrine.
(d) real bills doctrine.
Answer: D
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56)

The real bills doctrine was the guiding principle for the conduct of monetary policy during the
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1960s.
Answer: A
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57)

The guiding principle for the conduct of monetary policy that held that “as long as loans were being
made for productive purposes, then providing reserves to the banking system to make sure these
loans would not be inflationary” directed Fed policymaking during the
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.

(c) 1940s.
(d) 1910s.
Answer: D
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The policy that meant the Fed would make loans to member commercial banks whenever they
showed up at the discount window with “eligible paper” was known as
(a) free reserves targeting.
(b) the real bills doctrine.
(c) nonborrowed reserves targeting.
(d) leaning against the wind.
Answer: B
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59)

By the end of World War I, the Fed’s policies of rediscounting eligible paper and keeping interest
rates low led to
(a) accelerating inflation.
(b) stable prices and strong economic growth, as predicted by the real bills doctrine.
(c) recession as reserves were steadily drained from the banking system.
(d) none of the above.
Answer: A

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60)

The Fed’s operating strategy that led to double-digit inflation following the end of World War I was
known as
(a) the free-reserves policy.
(b) the federal-funds targeting strategy.
(c) the real-bills doctrine.
(d) pegging the money supply.
Answer: C
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61)

The Fed’s policy of rediscounting eligible paper to keep interest rates low in order to help the
Treasury finance World War I caused
(a) inflation to accelerate.
(b) aggregate output to decline sharply.
(c) the Fed to rethink the efficacy of the real bills doctrine.
(d) both (a) and (b) of the above.
(e) both (a) and (c) of the above.
Answer: E
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62)

The Fed accidentally discovered open market operations in the early
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1910s.

(c) 1900s.
(d) 1890s.
Answer: A
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The Fed accidentally discovered open market operations when
(a) it came to the rescue of failing banks in the early 1930s, and found that its purchases of bank
loans injected reserves into the banking system.
(b) it purchased securities for income and found that its purchases injected reserves into the banking
system.
(c) it attempted to slow inflation in 1919 by selling securities and found that its sales drained
reserves from the banking system.
(d) none of the above occurred.
Answer: B
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64)

The Fed accidentally discovered open market operations when
(a) it came to the rescue of failing banks in the early 1930s, and found that its purchases of bank
loans injected reserves into the banking system.

(b) it purchased securities for income following the 1920–1921 recession.
(c) it attempted to slow inflation in 1919 by selling securities and found that its sales drained
reserves from the banking system.
(d) it reinterpreted a key provision of the Federal Reserve Act.
Answer: B
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65)

By the end of the _____, open market operations had become the most important monetary policy
tool available to the Fed.
(a) 1910s
(b) 1920s
(c) 1930s
(d) 1940s
Answer: B
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66)

The Federal Reserve’s lack of response to banking panics during the Great Depression can be
attributed to
(a) lack of concern for the smaller banks that experienced most of the failures.
(b) the assumption that failures were due to bad practices or management.
(c) political infighting within the Federal Reserve System.
(d) all of the above.
(e) none of the above.
Answer: D
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The Fed’s mistakes of the early 1930s were compounded by its decision to
(a) raise the discount rate in 1936–1937.
(b) raise reserve requirements in 1936–1937.
(c) lower reserve requirements in 1936–1937.
(d) raise the monetary base in 1936–1937.
(e) lower the monetary base in 1936–1937.
Answer: B
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68)

In the 1930s, the Fed
(a) failed to perform its role as lender of last resort.
(b) raised reserve requirements in three steps in 1936–37.
(c) was given broad authority over reserve requirements.
(d) all of the above.
(e) only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: D
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69)

In the 1930s, the Fed

(a) failed to perform its role as lender of last resort.
(b) raised reserve requirements in three steps in 1936–37.
(c) convinced Congress to eliminate the Fed’s authority over reserve requirements.
(d) all of the above.
(e) only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: E
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70)

In the 1930s, the Fed
(a) did not have enough power to perform the role of lender of last resort.
(b) raised reserve requirements in three steps in 1936–37.
(c) was given less authority over reserve requirements.
(d) all of the above.
(e) only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: B
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71)

During World War II, whenever interest rates would _____ and the price of bonds would begin to
_____, the Fed would make open market purchases.
(a) rise; rise
(b) rise; fall
(c) fall; rise
(d) fall; fall
Answer: B
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During World War II, whenever interest rates would rise and the price of bonds would begin to fall,
the Fed would
(a) lower reserve requirements.
(b) raise reserve requirements.
(c) make open market purchases of government securities.
(d) make open market sales of government securities.
Answer: C
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73)

During World War II, the Fed in effect relinquished its control of monetary policy through its
policy of
(a) continually lowering reserve requirements.
(b) continually raising reserve requirements.
(c) pegging interest rates.
(d) targeting free reserves.
Answer: C
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74)

The Fed was committed to keeping interest rates low to assist Treasury financing of budget deficits
(a) only during World War I.
(b) during the 1980s.
(c) during the Great Depression.
(d) during World War I and World War II.
(e) throughout the entire existence of the Fed.
Answer: D
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75)

The Fed-treasury Accord of March 1951 provided the Fed greater freedom to
(a) let interest rates increase.
(b) let unemployment increase.
(c) let inflation accelerate.
(d) let exchange rates fall.
(e) let exchange rates increase.
Answer: A
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76)

During the 1950s, the Fed targeted
(a) M1.
(b) M2.
(c) the monetary base.
(d) money market conditions.
(e) discounting of eligible paper.
Answer: D

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Frederic S. Mishkin • Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, Seventh Edition

During the 1950s, Fed monetary policy targeted
(a) the monetary base.
(b) nonborrowed reserves.
(c) discount loans.
(d) interest rates.
(e) the exchange rate.
Answer: D
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78)

Targeting interest rates can be procyclical because
(a) an increase in income increases interest rates, causing the Fed to buy bonds, increasing the
monetary base and money supply, leading to further increases in income.
(b) an increase in interest rates increases income, causing the Fed to buy bonds, increasing the
monetary base and money supply, leading to further increases in income.
(c) an increase in the monetary base increases the money supply, causing the Fed to buy bonds,
increasing the monetary base and money supply, leading to further increases in income.
(d) an increase in income increases the monetary base and money supply, causing the Fed to buy
bonds to increase interest rates and income.
(e) none of the above.

Answer: A
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79)

Targeting interest rates can be procyclical because
(a) a decrease in income decreases interest rates, causing the Fed to sell bonds, decreasing the
monetary base and money supply, leading to further decreases in income.
(b) a decrease in interest rates decreases income, causing the Fed to sell bonds, decreasing the
monetary base and money supply, leading to further decreases in income.
(c) a decrease in the monetary base decreases the money supply, causing the Fed to sell bonds,
decreasing the monetary base and money supply, leading to further decreases in income.
(d) a decrease in income decreases the monetary base and money supply, causing the Fed to sell
bonds to decrease interest rates and income.
(e) none of the above.
Answer: A
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80)

High inflation can spiral out of control when
(a) expected inflation increases nominal interest rates, causing the Fed to buy bonds, increasing the
money supply and further increasing inflation.
(b) expected inflation decreases nominal interest rates, causing the Fed to buy bonds, increasing the
money supply and further increasing inflation.
(c) expected inflation increases nominal interest rates, causing the Fed to sell bonds, increasing the
money supply and further increasing inflation.
(d) expected inflation decreases nominal interest rates, causing the Fed to sell bonds, increasing the
money supply and further increasing inflation.
(e) none of the above.

Answer: A
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In practice, the Fed’s policy of targeting money market conditions in the 1960s proved to be
(a) countercyclical, helping to stabilize the economy.
(b) procyclical, destabilizing the economy.
(c) procyclical, helping to stabilize the economy.
(d) countercyclical, destabilizing the economy.
Answer: B
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82)

In practice, the Fed’s policy of targeting _____ in the 1960s proved to be ______, destabilizing the
economy.
(a) money market conditions; countercyclical
(b) money market conditions; procyclical
(c) monetary aggregates; countercyclical
(d) monetary aggregates; procyclical
Answer: B
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83)

Although the Fed professed employment of a monetary aggregate targeting strategy during the
1970s, its behavior suggests that it emphasized
(a) free-reserve targeting.
(b) interest-rate targeting.
(c) a real-bills doctrine.
(d) price-index targeting.
Answer: B
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84)

Although the Fed professed employment of _____ targeting during the 1970s, its behavior suggests
that it emphasized _____ targeting
(a) free reserve; interest rate
(b) interest rate; monetary aggregate
(c) monetary aggregate; interest rate
(d) free reserve; monetary aggregate
Answer: C
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85)

The Fed’s use of the federal funds rate as an operating target in the 1970s
(a) resulted in countercyclical monetary policy.
(b) resulted in too slow growth in M1 throughout the decade.
(c) resulted in procyclical monetary policy.
(d) resulted in too rapid growth in M1 throughout the decade.

(e) resulted in none of the above.
Answer: C
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The Fed’s use of the _____ as an operating target in the 1970s resulted in _____ monetary policy.
(a) federal funds rate; countercyclical
(b) federal funds rate; procyclical
(c) M1 money supply; countercyclical
(d) M1 money supply; procyclical
Answer: B
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87)

In the 1970s, the Fed selected an interest rate as an operating target rather than a reserve aggregate
primarily because it
(a) had no interest in targeting a monetary aggregate, as evidenced by its unwillingness to target a
reserve aggregate.
(b) was still very concerned with achieving interest rate stability.
(c) was committed to targeting free reserves.
(d) was committed to the real bills doctrine.
Answer: B
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88)

The Fed operating procedures employed between 1979 and 1982 resulted in _____ swings in the
federal funds rate and _____ swings in the M1 growth rate.
(a) increased; increased
(b) increased; decreased
(c) decreased; decreased
(d) decreased; increased
Answer: A
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89)

Explanations for the Fed’s poor monetary control during 1979–1982 include
(a) the acceleration of financial deregulation.
(b) the back to back recessions in 1980 and 1981–1982.
(c) the Fed’s desire to fight inflation without taking all the criticism for the high interest rate policy.
(d) all of the above reasons.
(e) only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: D
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90)

Explanations for the Fed’s poor monetary control during 1979–1982 include
(a) the slow down in financial innovation after passage of the Monetary Control Act of 1980.
(b) the suspension of credit controls in mid-1979.
(c) the Fed’s desire to fight inflation without taking all the criticism for the high interest rate policy.
(d) only (a) and (b) of the above.

Answer: C
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Explanations for the Fed’s poor monetary control during 1979–1982 include
(a) the acceleration of financial deregulation.
(b) the suspension of credit controls in mid-1979.
(c) the Fed’s desire to fight inflation without taking all the criticism for the high interest rate policy.
(d) only (a) and (b) of the above.
(e) only (a) and (c) of the above.
Answer: E
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92)

Explanations for the Fed’s poor monetary control during 1979–1982 include
(a) the suspension of credit controls in mid-1979.
(b) the slow down in financial innovation after passage of the Monetary Control Act of 1980.
(c) the imposition of credit controls in 1980.
(d) only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: C
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93)

The fluctuations in both money supply growth and the federal funds rate during 1979–1982 suggest
that the Fed
(a) had shifted to borrowed reserves as an operating target.
(b) had shifted to total reserves as an operating target.
(c) had shifted to the monetary base as an operating target.
(d) never intended to target monetary aggregates.
Answer: D
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94)

The fluctuations in both money supply growth and the federal funds rate during 1979–1982 suggest
that the Fed
(a) never intended to target monetary aggregates.
(b) used the announced strategy of targeting the federal funds rate as a smokescreen to fight the
back to back recessions in 1980 and 1981–1982.
(c) had shifted to borrowed reserves as an operating target.
(d) had shifted to the monetary base as an operating target.
Answer: A
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95)

The fluctuations in both money supply growth and the federal funds rate during 1979–1982 suggest
that the Fed
(a) never intended to target monetary aggregates.
(b) used the announced strategy of targeting the federal funds rate as a smokescreen to fight the

back to back recessions in 1980 and 1981–1982.
(c) had shifted to the monetary base as an operating target.
(d) all of the above.
(e) both (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: A
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The fluctuations in both money supply growth and the federal funds rate during 1979–1982 suggest
that the Fed
(a) never intended to target monetary aggregates.
(b) used the announced strategy of targeting monetary aggregates as a smokescreen to fight
inflation.
(c) had shifted to borrowed reserves as an operating target.
(d) both (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: D
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97)

The Fed’s failure to exercise effective control over the money supply during the 1979–1982 period
(a) proves that such control is not possible.
(b) resulted because forces outside of its control removed the link between open market operations
and the money supply.

(c) occurred despite evidence of a strong link between open market operations and the money
supply.
(d) stems from the Treasury-Federal Reserve Accord.
Answer: C
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98)

The fluctuations in both money supply growth and the federal funds rate between October 1982 and
the early 1990s indicates that the Fed had shifted to _____ as an operating target.
(a) borrowed reserves
(b) nonborrowed reserves
(c) excess reserves
(d) required reserves
Answer: A
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99)

The fluctuations in both money supply growth and the federal funds rate between October 1982 and
the early 1990s suggested that the Fed had shifted to targeting
(a) nonborrowed reserves.
(b) interest rates.
(c) monetary aggregates.
(d) the price of gold.
Answer: B
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100) Fed policy between October 1982 and the early 1990s suggests
(a) that it used a monetary aggregate as its intermediate target.

(b) that it was less concerned with fluctuations in the federal funds rate than in the 1979–1982
period.
(c) that it was more concerned with exchange rates than with interest rates.
(d) none of the above.
Answer: D
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101) Fed policy between October 1982 and the early 1990s indicates that
(a) interest rate targeting finally gave way to a strategy of targeting the monetary base.
(b) it was pursuing a policy of interest rate targeting.
(c) it was less concerned with inflation when compared to the 1970s.
(d) only (a) and (b) of the above are true.
Answer: B
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102) The strengthening of the dollar between 1980 and 1985 contributed to a ______ in American
competitiveness, putting pressure on the Fed to pursue a more _______ monetary policy.
(a) increase; neutral
(b) increase; expansionary
(c) increase; contractionary
(d) decrease; expansionary
(e) decrease; contractionary
Answer: D
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103) A borrowed reserves target is
(a) procyclical because increases in income increase interest rates and discount loans, causing the
Fed to increase the monetary base.
(b) countercyclical because increases in income increase interest rates and discount loans, causing
the Fed to increase the monetary base.
(c) procyclical because increases in income reduce interest rates and discount loans, causing the Fed
to reduce the monetary base.
(d) countercyclical because increases ion income reduce interest rates and discount loans, causing
the fed to reduce the monetary base.
(e) neutral because economic activity has no effect on incentives to borrow from the Fed.
Answer: A
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104) Fed policy since the early 1990s indicates that
(a) monetary aggregates continue to be rejected as intermediate target.
(b) it is pursuing a policy of targeting the federal funds rate.
(c) it is pursuing a policy of targeting the exchange rate.
(d) only (a) and (b) of the above are true.
(e) only (a) and (c) of the above are true.
Answer: D
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105) Fed policy since the early 1990s indicates that it is pursuing a policy of targeting the
(a) monetary base.
(b) money supply.
(c) federal funds interest rate.
(d) exchange rate.
Answer: C
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106) Since the early 1990s, the Fed has conducted monetary policy by setting a target for the
(a) level of borrowed reserves.
(b) growth in nominal GDP.
(c) federal funds rate.
(d) inflation rate.
(e) monetary base.
Answer: C
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107) The Fed can engage in preemptive strikes against a rise in inflation by _____ the federal funds
interest rate; it can act preemptively against negative demand shocks by _____ the federal funds
interest rate.
(a) raising; lowering
(b) raising; raising
(c) lowering; lowering
(d) lowering; raising
Answer: A
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108) From late 1992 until February 1994, the Fed kept the federal funds interest rate
(a) targeted at a constant 6 percent.
(b) targeted at a constant 5 percent.
(c) targeted at a constant 3 percent.
(d) within a narrow band between 5 and 6 percent.
(e) within a narrow band between 3 and 4 percent.
Answer: C
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109) The Federal reserve from late 1992 until February 1994
(a) kept the federal funds interest rate targeted at a constant 3 percent.

(b) kept the federal funds interest rate low because of its concern that a credit crunch was putting a
drag on the economy.
(c) abandoned its policy of keeping the federal funds interest rate target a secret.
(d) did all of the above.
(e) did only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: E
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110) The Federal reserve from late 1992 until February 1994
(a) kept the federal funds interest rate targeted at a constant 5 percent.
(b) kept the federal funds interest rate low because of its concern that a credit crunch was putting a
drag on the economy.
(c) abandoned its policy of keeping the federal funds interest rate target a secret.
(d) did all of the above.
(e) did only (a) and (b) of the above.
Answer: B
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111) In February 1994, the Fed
(a) raised its federal funds interest rate target.
(b) abandoned its policy of keeping the federal funds interest rate target a secret.
(c) lowered its federal funds interest rate target by 3/4s of a percentage point following the collapse
of Long-Term Capital Management.
(d) did both (a) and (b) of the above.

(e) did both (b) and (c) of the above.
Answer: D
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112) In February 1994, the Fed
(a) lowered its federal funds interest rate target.
(b) abandoned its policy of keeping the federal funds interest rate target a secret.
(c) raised its federal funds interest rate target by 3/4s of a percentage point following the collapse of
Long-Term Capital Management.
(d) did both (a) and (b) of the above.
(e) did both (b) and (c) of the above.
Answer: B
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113) Starting in February 1994, the Fed
(a) abandoned its policy of keeping the federal funds interest rate target a secret.
(b) lowered the federal funds interest rate target to deal with a possible slowing in the economy.
(c) began a preemptive strike against inflation by raising the federal funds interest rate in steps to
6 percent by early 1995.
(d) did both (a) and (b) of the above.
(e) did both (a) and (c) of the above.
Answer: E
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114) In early 1996, the Fed
(a) lowered the federal funds interest rate target to deal with a possible slowing in the economy.
(b) abandoned its policy of keeping the federal funds interest rate target a secret.
(c) raised its federal funds interest rate target by 3/4s of a percentage point following the collapse of
Long-Term Capital Management.
(d) did both (a) and (b) of the above.
(e) did both (b) and (c) of the above.
Answer: A
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