The overnight cash rate is determined: Select one: a. administratively by the Reserve Bank of Australia. O b. by the supply of and demand for cash. O c. directly by household demand for funds. O d. directly by firm demand for funds.

If the Fed sells U.S. government securities to banks, the federal funds rate and banks' reserves O a. rises; increase O b. rises; decrease O c. falls; decrease O d. falls; increase O e. rises; do not change

2. Suppose that the money market can be depicted in the graph below. Interest rate (M/P)² (M³/P)⁰ (M³/P)1 H A K O B C O E L3 L1 L2 Quantity of Money LI is the original demand for money by the public and (M/P) is the real money supply. Assume tha the price level does not change. The original equilibrium is at point O. Suppose that the government lowered income taxes so that consumers had more disposable income. Briefly describe how you reached that conclusion. Identify the new equilibrium point and what happens to interest rates

Suppose you read in the Wall Street Journal that the Fed was "increasing its target interest rate." It follows that the rate in question is the and one way in which Fed could achieve its new, higher target rate is by Select one: O a. Federal Funds Rate; conducting an open market sale O b. Federal Funds Rate; conducting an open market purchase O c. Prime Rate; conducting an open market sale d. Prime Rate; conducting an open market purchase