Decrease the target interest rate

Increase margin requirements

Decrease reserve requirements

Increase the money supply

A borrower whose debt has a fixed interest rate

A retiree living on a fixed income

A saver whose savings was placed in a variable rate savings account

A union worker whose contract includes a provision for regular cost of living adjustments

Short term interest rates will likely increase

Consumer spending will increase

Corporate profits will increase

Fixed interest rates on mortgages will decrease

When the supplier's products are not differentiated

When the industry is controlled by a large number of companies

When the supplier does not face the threat of substitute products

When the purchasing industry is an important customer to the supplying industry

Bargaining power of customers

Existence of complementary products

Barriers to market entry

Existence of a substitute product

When the economy is weak

When there is monopolistic competition

When the economy is strong

When there is an ologopoly