How did the fed reduce the federal funds rate

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1. From September 2007 through December 2008, the Fed believed that interest rates needed to fall and took steps to reduce them, eventually cutting the federal funds rate from 5.25 percent to nearly zero. How did the Fed reduce the federal funds rate? Illustrate your answer on a diagram.

2. Explain why both business investments and purchases of new homes rise when interest rates decline.

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