Policy tools to control money supply by the RBI are given below. Identify the correct statements.
(A) Persuasion is a qualitative tool of RBI.
(B) RBI influences money supply through open market operation.
(C) Outright open market operations are temporary in nature.
(D) Selling of a bond by RBI leads to reduction in quantity of reserves.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Policy tools to control money supply by the RBI are given below. Identify the correct statements.
(A) Persuasion is a qualitative tool of RBI.
(B) RBI influences money supply through open market operation.
(C) Outright open market operations are temporary in nature.
(D) Selling of a bond by RBI leads to reduction in quantity of reserves.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Solution
Persuasion or moral suasion is a qualitative tool (A). Open market operations, the buying and selling of government securities by RBI, influence money supply (B), and when RBI sells bonds, payments come out of bank reserves, reducing them (D). Outright open market operations are permanent, not temporary, so (C) is incorrect.
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