Which of the following actions on the part of the Federal Reserve will result in a decrease in the money supply? A. Buying government securities in the open market.
B. Increasing the reserve requirements on banks and depository institutions.
C. Decreasing the discount rate.
D. Increasing the amount of loans made to commercial banks.

You are given the following information about aggregate demand at the existing price level for an economy: (1) consumption = $400 billion, (2) investment = $40 billion, (3) government purchases = $90 billion, and (4) net export = $25 billion. if the full-employment level of gdp for this economy is $600 billion, then what combination of actions would be most consistent with closing the gdp gap here?