If the United States falls into a recession, which action would the Federal Reserve take to encourage employment?

Buy government securities

Increase reserve requirements

Raise federal funds and prime rates

Sell government securities

Question

If the United States falls into a recession, which action would the Federal Reserve take to encourage employment?

 Buy government securities

 Increase reserve requirements

 Raise federal funds and prime rates

 Sell government securities

anonymous · Answer

Hey welcome to Open Study! This is the math section and I'm pretty sure your question is Economics :) You can post it here: http://openstudy.com/study#/groups/Economics%20-%20Financial%20Markets But The answer is sell government securities.

anonymous · Answer

Lol! Silly me, thank you!

anonymous · Answer

It's okay haha, I was new once, too! xD