Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Fiscal Policy Taxes 100 200 300 400
100 Points How many Federal Reserve Districts are there in the United States?
Answer = 12!!
Ans: Which Federal Reserve District is Georgia in?
Answer = District 6
Ans: Which decision making body of the Federal Reserve decides when to increase the discount rate and the reserve requirement?
Return The Board of Governors
400 Points Who makes up the Federal Open Market Committee, who always serves on the board and how many years do they serve?
Return The 7 Board of Governors 5 of the District Presidents One of the 5 is the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank They serve 14 year terms
Answer: What are the three tools of monetary policy?
Answer – 100 Points Open Market Operations The Discount Rate The Reserve Requirement
Answer If the economy is in the contractionary phase of the business cycle. How would the Federal Reserve use Open Market Operations?
Answer 200 Points The Federal Reserve would buy bonds.
300 Points - Answer What is the Reserve Requirement?
Answer – 300 Points The percentage of checkable deposits the Federal Reserve Banks requires banks to hold in reserve.
400 Points - Answer What is the definition of the Discount Rate?
Answer – 400 Points The interest rate the Federal Reserve charges banks when banks borrow money from the Federal Reserve.
100 Points What are the tools of Fiscal Policy?
Answer Taxes and Government Spending
200 Points Who is responsible for Fiscal Policy?
Answer 200 Points Congress
Answer If Congress was concerned about the unemployment rate getting too high, what Fiscal Policy could Congress implement?
Answer 300 Points Congress could decrease taxes or increase Government Spending
Answer 400 Points If Inflation is a Fiscal Policy concern, using the tools of Fiscal Policy, what steps could be taken?
Answer – 400 Points Congress could Increase Taxes or Decrease Spending.
Taxes 100 Points What is an example of Progressive Tax
Taxes 100 Points Answer Federal Income Tax
Taxes 200 Points What is an example of Regressive Tax
Taxes 200 Points Answer Sales Tax
Taxes 300 Points What is an example of Proportional Tax?
Taxes 200 Points Answer Property Tax Social Security Withholding Tax Medicare Withholding Tax
Taxes – 300 Points What is the definition of Regressive Tax
Taxes 300 Points - Answer A Tax that places a greater burden on those with low incomes than those with higher incomes.
Taxes 400 Points What taxes are required to be withheld from someone’s paycheck?
Taxes 400 Answer Medicare Tax Social Security Tax Federal Income Tax State Income Tax (in most states) FICA – Federal Insurance Contributions Act