Relacionar Columnas Monetary Policy Tools Matching GameVersión en línea Test your knowledge of monetary policy tools with this fun matching pairs game! por ALEXIS VLUG 1 Unemployment 2 Monetary Policy 3 Discount Rate 4 Interest Rates 5 Reserve Requirements 6 The Federal Reserve System 7 Open Market Operations 8 Business Cycle 9 Expansionary Policies 10 Contractionary Policies 11 Recession 12 Inflation The cost of borrowing money from the bank. The interest rate at which banks can borrow from the Federal Reserve Buying and selling government treasuries Actions taken by the FED that control the money supply & influence economic activity Add to the money supply to stimulate economic activity during a Recession Economic downturn marked by high unemployment and little economic activity The amount of money banks must hold in their vaults Rise in price levels due to excessive monetary growth Take away from the money supply to stabilize the economy during Inflation Measure of fluctuations in GDP over time Central bank of the United States Layoffs due to cutbacks in business spending during a recession