Assuming that banks lend all of their access reserves and people deposit all of their money, what will the Fed have to do in order to increase the supply of money by $120 billion if the Required Reserves Ratio is .20? Select one: a. It needs to buy $20 billion dollar worth of bonds from banks b. It needs to buy $24 billion dollar worth of bonds from banks c. It needs to sell $20 billion dollar worth of bonds from banks d. It needs to sell $24 billion dollar worth of bonds from banks e. It needs to sell $40 billion dollar worth of bonds from banks

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