A. Assisting Banks that are in a difficult financial position
B. Auditing the various agencies and department of the government
C. Loaning money to other countries that are friendly to the UK.
D. Issuing new bonds to finance the PSBR.
Related Mcqs:
- If the Bank of England reduces the money supply to reduce inflation a floating exchange rate will aid the Bank of England in fighting inflation because ?
A. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of UK exports will rise and the Price of UK imports will fall
B. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase, and the price of UK exports will fall and the price of UK imports will rise
C. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of UK exports and UK imports will fall.
D. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of both UK exports and UK imports will rise - Suppose the State Bank purchases a Rs 1,000 government bond from you. If you deposit the entire Rs 1,000 in you bank what is the total potential change in the money supply as a result of the State Bank’s action if the your bank’s reserve ratio is 20 percent ?
A. Rs 4,000
B. Rs 5,000
C. Rs 1,000
D. Rs 0 - Account is format banking, brokerage or business relationship established to provide for regular services. dealings and other financial transactions. Which of the following phenomenon(s) are also referred by term, Account ?
A. A precise list or enumeration of financial transactions
B. Money deposited for checking savings or breakage use
C. A customer having business or credit relationship with a firm
D. All of these - The branch banking system is in vogue in most countries of the world. In which country was it first developed?
A. South Africa
B. UK
C. Canada
D. Australia - Fundamentalists want the IMF to lend to crisis-stricken countries on condition that they undertake fundamental structural reforms in banking Joseph Stiglitz however thinks it is______________?
A. unrealistic for IMF to intervene in the financial markets of poor countries during the crisis
B. impractical for the IMF to loan short term as reforms can only be effective in the middle to long run
C. crucial that the IMF intervene in the reform of fiscal policy of the country and not the monetary policy
D. None of the statements above is correct - All of the following are methods by which a company can divide up its sales responsibilities EXCEPT ?
A. territorial sales force structure
B. pychographic trait sales force structure
C. product sales force structure
D. customer sales force structure - The Bank of England and the Federal Reserve ?
A. are central banks
B. are branches of commercial banks
C. use fiscal policy to influence GDP
D. loan money to most of LDC commercial banks - Suppose a wave of investor and consumer pessimism in the USA causes a reduction in spending If the US federal Reserve (Which has a broader remit than the Bank of England Which is charged only with controlling inflation) chooses to engage in activist stabilization policy it should ?
A. Increase government spending and decrease taxes
B. decrease the money supply
C. decrease government spending and increase taxes
D. decrease interest rates - Suppose the central bank purchases a government bond from a person who deposits the entire amount received from the sale in her bank the money supply will ?
A. rise by an amount that depends on the bank’s reserve ratio
B. rise by less than the amount of the deposit
C. fall by exactly the amount of the deposit as long as the bank does not change its reserve ratio
D. fall by exactly the amount of the deposit as long as the bank does not change its reserve ratio
E. be unchanged - Suppose Imtiaz moves his Rs1,000 demand deposit from Bank A to Bank B. If both banks operate with a reserve ratio of 10 percent What is the potential change in money supply as a result of Gerard’s action ?
A. Rs 10,00
B. Rs 1,000
C. Rs 9,000
D. Rs 0
