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Interest rates
Money supply, including quantitative easing
Credit regulations

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Interest rates
Money supply, including quantitative easing
Credit regulations

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Tax rates
Government spending, including infrastructure
Public borrowing

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Exchange rates
Trade tariffs, including import duties
Export subsidies

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Wage controls
Price controls, including maximum prices
Income regulations

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Borrowing becomes dearer and saving more attractive.
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Borrowing becomes dearer and saving more attractive.
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Borrowing becomes cheaper and saving less attractive.
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Borrowing becomes dearer and saving more attractive.
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Borrowing becomes cheaper and saving more attractive.
Consumption and investment fall, reducing aggregate demand.

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Bond purchases increase the money supply and reduce bond yields.
Longer-term interest rates fall, encouraging lending and spending.

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Bond purchases increase the money supply and reduce bond yields.
Longer-term interest rates fall, encouraging lending and spending.

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Bond purchases decrease the money supply and raise bond yields.
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Bond purchases increase the money supply and raise bond yields.
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Bond purchases decrease the money supply and reduce bond yields.
Longer-term interest rates fall, encouraging lending and spending.

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A smaller money supply raises interest rates.
Higher rates squeeze spending.

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A smaller money supply raises interest rates.
Higher rates squeeze spending.

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A smaller money supply lowers interest rates.
Lower rates boost spending.

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A larger money supply raises interest rates.
Higher rates squeeze spending.

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A smaller money supply raises interest rates.
Higher rates boost spending.

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Restricting lending directly reduces credit expansion without requiring a change in interest rates."},{"text":"They restrict how much, or how easily, banks and other lenders can advertise.","correct":false,"explanation":"Advertising restrictions might affect promotion but would not define the main credit-control mechanism. Credit regulations directly limit how much or how easily lenders can lend."},{"text":"They restrict how much, or how easily, banks and other lenders can invest.","correct":false,"explanation":"Investment restrictions concern the assets lenders purchase, whereas credit regulations target credit supplied to borrowers. 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A lack of confidence can suppress borrowing and spending even when credit is cheaper."},{"text":"Pessimistic households and firms may lack liquidity to borrow and spend.","correct":false,"explanation":"Liquidity refers to readily available funds, whereas the key behavioural barrier here is expectations about the future. Low confidence can prevent borrowing despite lower interest rates."},{"text":"Pessimistic households and firms may lack information to borrow and spend.","correct":false,"explanation":"Limited information may affect financial choices, but it is not the main reason identified. Pessimistic expectations reduce confidence, making households and firms unwilling to borrow and spend."}]},{"id":"a365b867-ebd8-48fe-9e2c-4f2ae4c962a1","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"The central bank's policy interest rate [ ] interest rates across the whole economy.","back":"The central bank's policy interest rate anchors interest rates across the whole economy.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"anchors","correct":true,"explanation":"The policy interest rate provides a reference point for other interest rates, so changes in it tend to influence borrowing costs throughout the economy."},{"text":"lowers","correct":false,"explanation":"The policy rate does not always reduce other interest rates; it may rise or fall. It anchors economy-wide rates by providing the central reference point."},{"text":"fixes","correct":false,"explanation":"Other interest rates are influenced by the policy rate but are not permanently fixed at one level. The policy rate anchors them while market conditions also affect their movement."},{"text":"ignores","correct":false,"explanation":"Commercial banks and financial markets generally respond to the central bank’s policy rate when setting other rates. It anchors those rates rather than being disregarded."}]},{"id":"322356df-2e7b-469b-8885-c0af50b7538e","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Money supply is the total stock of money in [ ] in the economy.","back":"Money supply is the total stock of money in circulation in the economy.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"circulation","correct":true,"explanation":"Money supply measures the total quantity of money currently available for transactions within the economy, including notes, coins and relevant bank deposits, rather than money that has been permanently withdrawn or destroyed."},{"text":"production","correct":false,"explanation":"This confuses the flow of goods and services with the stock of money. The correct term is circulation, because money supply counts funds currently moving through or available in the economy."},{"text":"investment","correct":false,"explanation":"Investment describes spending on capital assets or financial assets, not the quantity of money existing in the economy. The correct term is circulation, referring to money currently available for use."},{"text":"taxation","correct":false,"explanation":"Taxation transfers income to the government and can affect spending, but it does not define the money stock. 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