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If the Fed Sells $1 Billion of Short-Term Securities Issued

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If the Fed sells $1 billion of short-term securities issued by the Bank of Japan and at the same time purchases $1 billion of short-term securities issued by the U.S. Treasury,


A) the monetary base will decline by $1 billion.
B) the monetary base will rise by $1 billion.
C) the Fed has conducted an unsterilized foreign-exchange intervention.
D) the Fed has conducted a sterilized foreign-exchange intervention.

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