Answer:
Lower, employment
Explanation:
The short-recession of 2001 was caused by a decline in computer sales, which in turn led to a collapse in the price of the stocks of technology companies.
This caused unemployment to rise up to 6%, way above the natural rate. The Fed then lowered the fed funds rate to fight unemployment, from 5% when the recession hit in March 2001, to 2% in Novemeber 2001, when the recession officially ended.
As unemployment is a lagging indicator, the effects of the monetary policy were only seen in the following years.