The Federal Reserve can use four tools to achieve its monetary policy goals: the discount rate, reserve
requirements, open market operations, and interest on reserves. All four affect the amount of funds in the
banking system
Which of the following describes discount rate?
A
The interest rate Reserve Banks charge commercial banks for short-term loans.
B
The portions of deposits that banks must hold in cash, either in their vaults or on deposit at a
Reserve Bank
с
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York buying and selling U. S. government securities.
D
The newest and most frequently used tool given to the Federal Reserve by Congress after the
Financial Crisis of 2007-2009.

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

explanation:

it continues in business