If the Fed's strategy for conducting monetary policy is thought of as a game plan that proceeds in stages,then the game plan can be summarized as follows:
A) The Fed selects its policy goals, then the intermediate targets consistent with achieving its policy goals, then the operating targets consistent with its intermediate targets. Finally, it adjusts its policy tools to effect the desired targets and goals.
B) The Fed selects its policy goals, then the operating targets consistent with achieving its policy goals, then the intermediate targets consistent with its operating targets. Finally, it adjusts its policy tools to effect the desired targets and goals.
C) The Fed selects its policy goals, then the intermediate targets consistent with achieving its policy goals, then the policy tools consistent with its intermediate targets. Finally, it adjusts its operating targets to effect the desired targets and tools.
D) The Fed selects its policy tools, then the operating targets consistent with achieving its policy tools, then the intermediate targets consistent with its operating targets. Finally, it adjusts its policy goals to effect the desired targets and tools.
E) None of the above.

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The Fed's game plan proceeds in stages starting with the selection of its policy goals, followed by the determination of intermediate targets consistent with achieving those goals, then the determination of operating targets consistent with the intermediate targets, and finally, the adjustment of policy tools to effect the desired targets and goals. Choice A accurately describes this process.

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