If the Fed wants to speed up the effects of monetary policy, one combination of tools that it could use is to: A. Decrease the discount rate and increase the required reserve ratio. B. Increase the discount rate and decrease the required reserve ratio. C. Buy bonds and increase the discount rate. D. Buy bonds and increase the required reserve ratio. E. Increase the required reserve ratio and sell bonds.
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