Answer:
sell bonds, increase discount rates and increase reserve requirements
Explanation:
The Federal Reserve’s three instruments of monetary policy are open market operations, the discount rate and reserve requirements ( Sometimes discount rate management is divided as discount and interest rate) .
Open market operations involve the buying and selling of government securities. The term “open market” means that the Fed doesn’t decide on its own which securities dealers it will do business with on a particular day. Rather, the choice emerges from an “open market” in which the various securities dealers that the Fed does business with – the primary dealers – compete on the basis of price. Open market operations are flexible, and thus, the most frequently used tool of monetary policy.
The discount rate is the interest rate charged by Federal Reserve Banks to depository institutions on short-term loans.
Reserve requirements are the portions of deposits that banks must maintain either in their vaults or on deposit at a Federal Reserve Bank.
Answer:
Increase, Decrease
Explanation:
A decrease in the supply results in many buyers competing for very few goods. If the demand is constant, the quantity supplied and price have an indirect relationship. A decrease in the volume of supplied results in an increase in price. Many buyers will be competing for a few products causing the equilibrium price to increase.
A decrease in supply will cause the quantity available for buyers to buy to decline. Consequently, the volume purchased will be fewer. Equilibrium quantity will, therefore, decrease.
Answer:
A, B and D
Explanation:
Expanding the money supply is an exercise of expansionary monetary policy.
This decision will first allow our tech startup to acquire cheaper loans and expand our operations, this expansion in operations will result in new employment opportunities and hence as a result, unemployment will be reduced assuming this is a general trend in the economy.
This decision also directly reflects an increased investment and hence the GDP on the whole and the investment part of GDP would both increase,
GDP = C + I + G + (X - M), where I = investment.
This change in macro economy will increase aggregate demand due to expansionary effects. Increase in imports is not conclusive as it may or may not happen depending upon the demand state.
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The purpose of this category of interview questions is to obtain factual information about the interviewee.
Answer:
40%
Explanation:
Oriole company has an actual sales of $1,100,000
The break even sales is $660,000
Therefore, the margin of safety can be calculated as follows
= Actual sales-break-even sales/actual sales
= $1,100,000-$660,000/$1,100,000
= $440,000/$1,100,000
= 0.4×100
= 40%
Hence the margin of safety is 40%
