Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) An easy money policy leads to a decrease in the federal funds rate.
B) A decrease in the federal funds rate leads to an increase in the interest rates that banks charge their customers.
C) The Federal Reserve influences the federal funds rate by changing the amount of reserves in the banking system.
D) The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which banks lend money to each other in the short term.
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