题目：
David Wildstein, Harry Osajnuk, and Kurt Weil, are all junior economists at the Bank of Scarsdale. Over lunch they were discussing the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) and the banking system in the United States. They made the following statements regarding the overall purpose of the Federal Reserve System: Wildstein: In my opinion, the overall purpose and goal of the Federal Reserve System is to insure the deposits of individuals and firms holding funds with banking institutions. Osajnuk: The overall goal of the Federal Reserve System is to keep the discount rate flexible so that if additional funds are needed in the economy the discount rate will be reduced and if there is too much money in the economy the discount rate will be increased. Weft: The primary purpose of the Federal Reserve System is to regulate the amount of excess reserves held by member banks through the potential deposit expansion multiplier. Are the statements made by Wildstein, Osajnuk, and Weil correctWildstein Osajnuk Weil（）①A. Incorrect Incorrect Correct ②B. Correct Incorrect Incorrect ③C. Incorrect Incorrect Incorrect
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③
答案：
参考答案：C
解析：
The statements made by each of the junior economists are incorrect. The overall purpose of the Federal Reserve System is to regulate the money supply. In that way, they seek to provide for a monetary environment that is in the best interests of the economy.
