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Identify which of the following measures taken by RBI will increase the money supply.

A. Increase in Cash Reserve Ratio

B. Decrease in Cash Reserve Ratio

C. Selling of a government bond

D. Buying of a government bond

E. Decrease in Bank Rate

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

Correct Option: 4

To increase money supply, RBI adopts expansionary measures: decrease CRR (B), buy government bonds which injects money (D), and decrease bank rate to make borrowing cheaper (E). Increasing CRR and selling bonds reduce money supply. Hence B, D and E only.

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