Multiple Choice
Which of the following will not increase the money supply in the United States?
A) lowering the required reserve ratio
B) Fed purchases of government securities on the open market
C) lowering the discount rate relative to the federal funds rate
D) Fed sales of government securities on the open market
E) none of the above
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