Select one: a. buy bonds, reduce the discount rate, reduce reserve requirements , and reduce the interest rate paid on excess reserves.
c. Federal Reserve policy, which controls the money supply.
In the United States, the purchasing power of money is determined by:#N#Select one:#N#a. the underlying precious metals that back each unit of currency.#N#b . the value of U.S. treasury bonds that back each unit of currency.#N#c. Federal Reserve policy, which controls the money supply.#N#d. Congress, which controls the money supply.
d. Nothing; the Fed can create money simply by writing a check on itself.
a. Congress; the Fed must receive a budget allocation from Congress before it can write a check.
c. The Fed increased its purchases of assets, but offset this with an increase in the reserve requirement.