An open market operation is . A. an exchange between a private bank and the Federal Reserve where the Fed buys or sells government bonds to private banks. B. where a bank borrows reserves or bonds from the Federal Reserve's discount window. C. an exchange between private banks where the banks buy or sell bonds to each other. D. the process of selling Fed-issued IOUs between banks. The Federal Reserve conducts open market operations when it wants to . A. change the level of reserves it holds for banks. B. influence the discount rate. C. change the liquidity levels of banks. D. influence the federal funds rate. When the Fed buysbuys government bonds fromfrom private banks, it ▼ decreases maintains increases the electronic reserves that banks hold. Click to select your answer.

Which of the following best describes how the federal reserve bank banks during a bank run? a. the federal reserve bank has the power to take over a private bank if customers demand too many withdrawals. b. the federal reserve bank can provide a short-term loan to banks to prevent them from running out of money. c. the federal reserve bank regulates exchanges to prevent the demand for withdrawals from rising above the required reserve ratio. d. the federal reserve bank acts as an insurance company that pays customers if their bank fails. 2b2t

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

Because the demand for wheat tends to be inelastic. true or false