To purchase new furniture, the owner of a restaurant borrowed $5,000 for 2 years and paid $350,000 simple interest on the loan. what rate of interest did she pay?

2.0 percent

10.0 percent

5.0 percent

3.5 percent

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.