Consider This Excerpt from the Textbook: "In the Fall of 2007,it

Essay

Consider this excerpt from the textbook: "In the fall of 2007,it was clear that the U.S.economy was slowing.The unemployment rate rose from 4.4 percent to 5 percent between May and June 2007,and real [gross domestic product] GDP grew by just 1.7 percent in the fourth quarter.The U.S.economy officially entered recession in December 2007.We now know that the nation's economy was entering several years of low growth and high unemployment.Many economists believe that a decline in aggregate demand was one of the causes of the recession." What did the Federal Reserve do in response to this decline in aggregate demand?