Multiple Choice
The federal funds rate is:
A) equal to the rate of inflation.
B) the interest rate at which banks borrow from the Federal Reserve.
C) the interest rate at which banks borrow from and loan to each other overnight.
D) an interest rate that is some fixed amount above the prime lending rate.
E) the return to stock markets over the long term.
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