Commodity backed money is ______.
All of the following are examples of bank regulations designed to prevent bank runs EXCEPT ______.

The existence of banks ______.
Decisions about monetary policy are made by ______.

Open market operations occur when the Fed _______.

If the Fed conducts an open market purchase _______.

The federal funds rate is the interest rate on ______, and is controlled by the _______.

The opportunity cost of holding money is ______.

The main objective of contractionary monetary policy is to ______.
An increase in interest rates will lead to a(n) ______.