Question

"The Federal Reserve raises the reserve requirement from 7 percent to 8 percent. Consequently banks must set aside more money and consequently have less money to lend. The result is that the banks will raise the interest rate they charge to their customers. These conditions make it harder and more expensive for people and businesses to borrow money. Because they can’t borrow as much, they can’t spend as much. If people aren’t spending as much, prices don’t go up. With this action, the Fed has lessened the likelihood of ________."

Answer 1

Answer: a. Inflation

Explanation:

Inflation refers to the general rise in prices of items in an economy in a certain period of time. Inflation essentially erodes the value of the domestic currency of the economy in question.

Central Banks like the Fed can use Monetary policy to influence inflation. In this case they reduced the amount of money in the economy by reducing bank loans. This will ensure that people cannot spend too much which would increase demand and therefore increase prices.

By doing this, they have limited the likelihood of inflation.