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INCREASING OPPORTUNITY COST: The proposition that opportunity cost, the value of foregone production, increases as more of a good is produced. This 'law' is most important to the slope of the production possibilities curve. It generates the convex shape of the curve, making the curve flat at the top and steep at the bottom.

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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 4: Monetary Policy Page: 17 of 20

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In addition to open market operations, discount rate, and reserve requirements, the Fed has an additional tool called moral suasion.

Moral suasion:

  • It is a policy in which the Fed, usually the Chairman of the Board of Governors, requests that the banking system take some sort of action.
  • These requests are usually contrary to what banks are currently doing and likely to do under current economic conditions.
  • Moral suasion can and does work in the short run, especially during crisis periods.

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AVERAGE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME

The proportion of household income that is used for consumption expenditures. The average propensity to consume (abbreviated APC) is really nothing more than average consumption. Together with the average propensity to save, it indicates how a given level of income is divided between consumption and saving. A related consumption measure is the marginal propensity to consume.

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