Which of these is a banking activity of the fed? printing money regulating securities markets storing money for banks funding government programs

A banking activity of the federal government would be C) storing money for the banks. The U.S. Government uses something's they call "Tax accounts" as a reserve of money because the tranasactions go through the banks anyways, so this money is stored there. This is one activity of the Federal Governments when it come to banking.

The banking activity of the Fed listed below is Storing money for banks. Hence the correct answer is C.

The Fed (that is Federal Reserve - or America's Central Bank) is responsible for managing how much money is in the supply of the economy.

If there is too much money in circulation, it creates and applies monetary policies to mop up the excess thus forestalling and or reducing inflation.

See the link below for more about the Feds Banking Activities:
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