A BORROWED RESERVES TARGET IS (A) PROCYCLICAL BECAUSE INCREASES I...

103) A borrowed reserves target is (a) procyclical because increases in income increase interest rates and discount loans, causing the Fed to increase the monetary base. (b) countercyclical because increases in income increase interest rates and discount loans, causing the Fed to increase the monetary base. (c) procyclical because increases in income reduce interest rates and discount loans, causing the Fed to reduce the monetary base. (d) countercyclical because increases ion income reduce interest rates and discount loans, causing the fed to reduce the monetary base. (e) neutral because economic activity has no effect on incentives to borrow from the Fed. Answer: A Question Status: New