Question

Did the Federal Reserve pursue an expansionary or a contractionary monetary policy?

Answer 1

Answer:

the specific actions take by the Fed

what the Fed was attempting to do by taking these actions

the result of the actions taken by the Fed

Explanation:

Answer 2

Expansionary Monetary Policy is pursued by Federal Reserve.

Explanation:

Expansionary Monetary is a macroeconomic policy which takes an action on economic growth of the country. Expansionary policy can be either monetary policy or fiscal policy or combination of both. Its increases the money supply, boosts aggregate demand and lowers the interest rates.

It deters the contractionary phase of the business cycle. It’s even included that policy’s purchases of government securities and reduction in the ration of reserves, the other point is discount rate decreases.