The correct answers have been done below -
1. Primary dealers -
d) trade securities directly with the Federal Reserve Bank.
2. The bid ask spread is the price of
Liquidity that dealer sells.
3. Which of the following would like to use a financial market -
a) a state government wishing to finance a highway project.
4. Investment banks are true financial intermediaries since they create secondary securities.
b) false, they create primary securities.
5. Which of the following is a money market instrument.
a) negotiable certificate of deposit
6. Which of the following is not a service provided by financial intermediaries ?
a) guaranteed return intermediation
7 . Libor is the rate
c) the interest rate that largest international banks charge each other for loans
Primary dealers none of the listed answers are correct are small banks in the primary stage...
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QUESTION 34 Primary credit - is discount lending offered to banks at the discount rate represents loanable funds offered to banks experiencing financial difficulties is lending to banks operating in agricultural and vacation areas QUESTION 35 The Fed can decrease the money supply by ___ selling loans buying stocks purchasing bonds All of the above
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