Quiz & Worksheet - Price Stability in Monetary Policy

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question 1 of 3

What's the best explanation of price stability?

Inflation Deflation

Stagflation No significant movement in price

Worksheet

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1. Who sets monetary policy in the United States?

The President
The Federal Reserve
Congress
The FDIC

2. If the Federal Reserve buys or sells federal securities, what policy tool is it utilizing?

Monetarism
Open-market operations
Changing discount rate
Changing reserve requirements

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About This Quiz & Worksheet

Our quiz and worksheet will help you discover how much you know about price stability in monetary policy. To do well on the quiz, you'll need to know about the discount rate and how monetary policy in the U.S. is set.

Quiz & Worksheet Goals

These tools will check your knowledge about:

Definition of price stability
Who sets monetary policy in the United States
The policy tool used when the Federal Reserve buys or sells federal securities
What happens to prices when the money supply is increased
The discount rate

Skills practiced

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Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the related price stability in monetary policy lesson
Interpreting information - verify that you can read information regarding who sets monetary policy and interpret it correctly
Knowledge application - use your knowledge to answer questions about a policy tool used for buying and selling federal securities

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