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Economics, 7/e
David Begg, Birkbeck College, University of London
Rudiger Dornbusch
Stanley Fischer

Interest rates and monetary transmission

Self-test Questions

Select the radio button corresponding to your choice of answer for each question, and then click on "Submit Answers" to find out how many you answered correctly.

1

The monetary base is ___________ and ________________
A)bank deposits, building society deposits
B)currency in circulation, banks' cash reserves
C)retail sight deposits, building society deposits
D)retail deposits, wholesale deposits
2

If the central bank buys financial securities in the open market to increase the monetary base, this is an example of ____________
A)lender of last resort
B)financial intermediation
C)open market operations
D)financial regulation
3

If there is excess demand in the money market there must be a corresponding ___________ in the bond market
A)excess supply
B)excess demand
C)elastic supply
D)inelastic supply
4

Equilibrium in the money market will change if there is
A)a change in the real money supply
B)a change in real income
C)a change in competition in the banking industry
D)any of the above
5

Central banks prefer to fix the __________and accept the resulting _____________
A)demand for money, interest rate
B)interest rate, equilibrium money supply
C)demand for money, equilibrium money supply
D)interest rate, demand for money
6

One of the transmission mechanisms of monetary policy is through consumer demand. When interest rates ___________ household wealth ___________ and consumption _________
A)rise, increases, increases
B)rise, falls, increases
C)rise, increases, falls
D)rise, falls, falls
7

Lower interest rates make households ____________ by ___________ the price of bonds and _________ share prices
A)poorer, lowering, lowering
B)poorer, increasing, lowering
C)wealthier, increasing, increasing
D)wealthier, lowering, lowering
8

A reduction in interest rates causes an increase in the monetary base that results in an __________ in the availability of consumer credit and a _______________ in the cost of consumer credit
A)reduction, increase
B)reduction, reduction
C)increase, reduction
D)increase, increase
9

A fall in investment demand can result from
A)higher interest rates
B)lower expected future profits
C)more expensive capital goods
D)all of the above
10

The permanent income hypothesis would suggest that a person winning a modest lottery prize might be interpreted as experiencing a change in their permanent income
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11

There is a market for money situated in the City of London
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

The money supply is controlled by using open market operations to determine the money multiplier and by using reserve requirements and the discount rate to determine the monetary base
A)TRUE
B)FALSE