What actions did the Fed take in response to the recession of 2001?

Use the formula below to estimate the total change in the money supply. Change in money supply = 1/Reserve Requirement $\times$ Change in reserves at first bank. What is the change in the money supply for an initial deposit of $1,000 if the reserve requirement is 5 percent (.05)?

Describing Use a graphic organizer like the one below to describe the different types of fiscal policy.

In Graph A Monetary Expansion, with the Fed keeping interest rates low, what is the total addition to the money supply on Wednesday?

Explaining Why have structural fiscal policies replaced discretionary fiscal policies?

(a) How long does it take for an investment to double in value if it is invested at 8% compounded monthly?

(b) How long does it take if the interest is compounded continuously?

What two policies were used by the Fed in the Great Recession? Explain what the Fed does in implementing these two policies.

a. Write a definition of the terms easy-money policy, tight-money policy. open-market operations, and reserve requirement. b. During a period of inflation, how might a change in the Federal Reserve's policy, from easy money to tight money, affect consumer confidence?

Why would the Federal Reserve enact an easy money policy?

What do wage-price controls do?

Identify the Fed's primary overseer and what its powers are.

What is the effect of a fractional reserve system?

What is the relationship between the Fed and bank-holding companies?

Convert each improper fraction to a mixed number.

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