1) An examination of revised money supply statistics, when compared to the initial statistics, suggests that the initial statistics

A) are pretty good.

B) do not provide a good guide to short run movements in the money supply.

C) provide a poor guide of monetary policy because they are usually underestimates of the revised statistics.

D) provide a good guide of monetary policy, though they are usually underestimates of the revised statistics.

2) Generally, the initial money supply data reported by the Fed

A) is not a reliable guide to the short run behavior of the money supply.

B) is not a reliable guide to the long run behavior of the money supply.

C) is a reliable guide to the short run behavior of the money supply.

D) usually underestimate the revised statistics.

3) The initial money supply data reported by the Fed are not a reliable guide to short –run movements in the money supply such as a ________, but are reasonably reliable for longer periods such as a ________.

A) month; year

B) day; month

C) year; decade

D) decade; century