TOOLS OF MONETARY POLICY

fiscal - congress and president control tax or spending

monetary: FED
OMO: open market operation ; buy or sell bonds
discount rate: interest rate FED charges commercial for loans
federal fund rate: interest rate that commercial banks charge each other for overnight loans.
inc. bank reserves/money supply ; dec. fed. fund rate.

 prime rate: interest rate that banks charge to their most credit worthy customers.

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