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$$Fiscal and Monetary Policy$$

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    This is a quick review of how the government controls consumer spending by manipulating the money supply, tax and interest rates. Topics include: Cong...
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  • Who controls the money supply?
    Congress
    Wall Street
    Local bankers.
    The Federal Reserve Bank
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  • What will happen to consumer spending if the Federal Reserve lowers the interest rate?
    Spending will decrease.
    Spending will increase.
    Inflation
    Deflation
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  • What will happen if the government raises taxes?
    Consumer spending will decrease.
    Interest rates will increase.
    Tax rates have no impact on spending.
    Consumer spending will increase.
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  • What will happen if the Federal Reserve increases the money supply?
    Inflation
    Deflation
    People's money will buy more goods.
    Interest rates will go up.
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  • What happens when the Federal Reserve Bank prints more money?
    Our money buys less.
    Our money buys more.
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  • What will happen if the government lowers taxes?
    People will buy fewer goods.
    People will buy more goods.
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  • Increasing the interest rate will encourage more people to borrow money.
    True
    False
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  • People buy more homes when interest rates are...
    High
    Low
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  • Which is NOT a tool used to influence the economy?
    Monetary Policy
    Consumer Policy
    Fiscal Policy
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  • When the government raises taxes to slow down the economy, they are using...
    Fiscal Policy
    Monetary Policy
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  • When the Fed prints more money, the result is...
    Inflation
    Contractionary Fiscal Policy
    Deflation
    Expansionary Fiscal Policy
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  • Who controls fiscal policy?
    The Fed
    Congress
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  • Who controls monetary policy?
    Congress
    The Fed
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  • Government officials adopt an expansionary Fiscal policy. Which action would be consistent?
    increase military spending
    selling government bonds
    lowering interest rates
    raise income taxes
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  • To require banks to keep 10% of their deposits in a vault is what FED policy?
    Discount Rate
    Regressive Tax
    Open Market Operations
    Reserve Requirement
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  • A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
    Inflation
    Aggregate Demand
    Recession
    Fiscal Policy
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