Multiple Choice
The federal funds rate is the interest rate
A) the Federal Reserve charges for loans it makes to the federal government.
B) the Federal Reserve charges banks for short-term loans.
C) banks charge each other for short-term loans of reserves.
D) on newly issued one-year Treasury bonds.
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