The two best known bond rating services are
Group of answer choices
The Federal Reserve and Moody's Investment Services
The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury
Standard & Poor's and the Wall Street Journal
Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investment Services
The two best-known bond rating services are:
Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investment Services
The Federal Reserve is a central bank of the US.
The U.S. Treasury is a government department taking care of the U.S. economy.
The Wall Street Journal is a News Paper company.
The two best known bond rating services are Group of answer choices The Federal Reserve and...
Which of the following statements is positive? Group of answer choices When the Federal Reserve increases the money supply, interest rates decrease. Large budget deficits should be avoided. A tax cut that benefits low-income households is acceptable. Higher taxes are needed to support education. The standard of living in an economy is best measured by: Group of answer choices output per person. average labor productivity. total output. the inflation rate. If average labor productivity increases while population and the number...
There are two Federal Reserve district banks in Group of answer choices a. two different districts b. New York only c. Missouri only d. None of the listed answers is correct.
The Federal Reserve adjusts interest rates indirectly through which of tools? Group of answer choices federal tax policy reserve requirement open market operations discount rate
There is an increase in economic activity when the Federal Reserve Board: Group of answer choices does the hokey-pokey. raises the discount rate. increases reserve requirements. relaxes credit controls. sells government securities.
The regional Federal Reserve Banks Group of answer choices are each headed by a member of the Board of Governors. have more voting members on the FOMC than does the Board of Governors. regulate banks in their regions. are not allowed to make loans to banks in their region.
10. Bond ratings Aa Aa Rating agencies-such as Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's Investor Service, and Fitch Ratings-assign credit ratings to bonds based on both quantitative and qualitative factors. These ratings are considered indicators of the issuer's default risk, which impacts the bond's interest rate and the issuer's cost of debt capital. Based on these ratings, bonds are classified into investment-grade bonds and junk bonds. Which of the following bonds is likely to be classified as a junk bond? OA...
1) What is real GDP? Group of answer choices It is the total market value of final goods and services produced in an economy in a given year. It is a sustained increase in the average price level of goods and services. It is the total market value of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a given year, adjusted for inflation. It is an increase in the money supply. 2) The unemployment rate is: Group of...
Suppose the Federal Reserve is presently holding $4.2 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds. If the Fed decides to sell $1 billion of these bonds to the public, we can expect reserves in the banking system to _____________ and we can expect the money supply to _____________. Group of answer choices increase : increase decrease : decrease increase : decrease decrease : increase
The Federal Reserve is offering Treasury bills with a par value of $40 billion for sale. They have received $18 billion of noncompetitive bids. The competitive bids for a $10,000 par value bond are: Bidder Price Bid Qty Bid (bn) A $ 9,825 2 B 9,815 6 C 9,800 14 D 9,700 20 How much money will the Federal Reserve raise from this offering? Group of answer choices $39.05 billion $39.20 billion $39.50 billion $39.10 billion $39.30 billion
Which of the following was a key takeaway from Wednesday's Federal Reserve statements? Group of answer choices The Fed cut the Fed Funds rate by 25bps for the third time in 2019 The Fed raised the Fed Funds rate by 25 bps due to strong economic growth in the U.S., full employment, rising wages, and a strong stock market. The Fed had a dovish statement, but held the Fed Funds rate unchanged The Fed Cut rates for the first time...