Raising the federal funds rate decreases inflation because raising the federal funds rate increases the interest rates that banks charge each other for loans. Therefore, banks are less likely to take out loans to replenish their reserves. To keep their reserves at the required ratio, banks will lend less money.

The internet is controlled by: (select one): a. statutes and court cases in federal and state courts in the united states. b. the advanced research projects agency (arpa) and the u.s. department of defense. c. no single government or organization. d. google, yahoo, and the other search engines which have proprietary interest in the content thereon.

When the communist, under mao, took control of china in 1949 they announced total support support for which country and its ideology?

Congress is controlled by the democrats. president yaeger, a republican, takes several actions that are opposed by the democrats in congress. first, the president introduces a new budget that cuts most of the government's social programs and gives tax breaks to the wealthy. next, president yaeger negotiates a trade treaty with a nation accused of human rights abuses. then, the president gives pardons to three republican senators who have been convicted of crimes.