Contractionary monetary policy: Central bank actions to decrease the money supply and raise interest rates to slow inflation.
How to apply it: Trace the chain: Fed sells bonds -> reserves decrease -> money supply decreases -> interest rate rises -> investment falls -> AD shifts left.
Course: AP Macroeconomics · Unit: Financial Sector
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