As a result of the Fed's sale of $3,000 worth of government securities to First Main Street Bank, the bank becomes reserve deficient. Suppose that Yvette, a First Main Street Bank's customer, re-pays back the $3,000 loan she took out a few months ago. Which of the following most accurately describes First Main Street Bank's actions? O The bank keeps the $450 as reserves. O The bank creates a $3,000 loan. O The bank keeps the $3,000 as reserves. O The bank creates a $42,000 loan. The money supply in the economy is S

As a result of the Fed's sale of $3,000 worth of government securities to First Main Street Bank, the bank becomes reserve deficient. Suppose that Yvette, a First Main Street Bank's customer, re-pays back the $3,000 loan she took out a few months ago. Which of the following most accurately describes First Main Street Bank's actions? O The bank keeps the $450 as reserves. O The bank creates a $3,000 loan. O The bank keeps the $3,000 as reserves. O The bank creates a $42,000 loan. The money supply in the economy is S

Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337091985

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter11: The Monetary System

Section: Chapter Questions

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Assume that a bank receives a deposit of $1,000 in cash, puts aside $200 as required reserves, and makes a loan of $800, these transactions imply that: O the money supply by the whole banking system can increase by $1,000. O the money supply by the whole banking system can increase by $4,000. the money supply by the whole banking system can increase by $8,000. O the money supply by the whole banking system can increase by $5,000.
If Bank A has $3.8 million in total deposits, $860,000 in total reserves, and faces a 12 percent reserve requirement, the amount of money that Bank A could initially create by loaning out their excess reserves is: O $100,000. O $385,000 $404,000 O $756,800 O $3,366,667
Question 3 In the market for reserves, suppose that the federal funds rate and discount rate are both at 7%. If the Federal Reserve Bank sells securities in the open market, then the equilibrium rate for reserves will and the amount of borrowed reserves will O not change; decrease O not change; increase O rise; increase O rise; decrease Question 4 When the Federal Reserve Bank lowers the reserve requirements for commercial banks in the economy, this causes the curve for reserves to decrease and so the curve shifts to the ----- O demand; right O demand: left O supply; right O supply; left
If a bank uses $100 of excess reserves to make a new loan when the reserve ratio is 25 percent, what happens to the money supply in the very short term? O a. It decreases by $100. O b. It increases by $25. O C. It decreases by $25. O d. It increases by $100. Show Transcribed Text Suppose a bank has $200,000 in deposits and $150,000 in loans. What is its reserve ratio? O a. 1 percent O b. 5 percent O C. 10 percent O d. 25 percent Show Transcribed Text Which list ranks the Bank of Canada's monetary policy tools from most to least frequently used? O a. bank rate changes; open-market transactions; reserve requirement changes O b. bank rate changes; reserve requirement changes; open-market transactions O c. open-market transactions; bank rate changes; reserve requirement changes O d. open-market transactions; reserve requirement changes; bank rate changes
Table 14 shows the balance sheet of the Tenth National Bank Assets Liabilities Reserves $517 Deposits $4,136 Loans $3,619 Total: $4,136 Total: $4,136 Refer to Table 14. Assume that this bank lends out its entire excess reserves. If Jerry deposits $426 of cash in a checking account in the Tenth National Bank, what's the maximum change in the money supply in the economy? O $2,982 G O $3,408 O $3,696 O $4,200 O $4,136
Table 29-5. Reserves Loans Assets Bank of Pleasantville O $1,000 O $400 O $200 O $250 $2,000 18,000 Liabilities Deposits $20,000 Refer to Table 29-5. If the Fed's reserve requirement (R) is 9 percent, then what quantity of excess reserves does the Bank of Pleasantville now hold?
Suppose the Federal Reserve (Fed) decides the current money supply of $2.1 trillion is too low, and that an increase of $400 billion is necessary. What tool can the Fed use to accomplish this increase? Assume the current reserve ratio is 0.1. Buy government securities. O Increase the interest paid on bank reserves. Increase the reserve ratio. Sell government securities. Calculate the change in reserves necessary to achieve the $400 billion increase. $ billion
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Suppose a banking system has a required reserve ratio of 10% and a $100,000 is deposited into the first bank in the system. What will be the immediate excess reserves for that first bank in the system and by how much can the total money supply in the system expand? $70,000; 700,000. O $100,000; $1,900,000. $90,000, $900,000. O $10,000; $100,000.
If a bank gets $90 in new reserves from the Fed and the required-reserve ratio is 0.1, then the maximum amount by which total deposits in the economy can increase is O $900 O $90 O $9 O $80
If the Bank of Canada enters the open market and sells $1000 of government securities, what will be the eventual change in the money supply given a 10 percent target reserve ratio in the commercial banking system and a 10 percent cash drain? O a. Increase of $10000. O b. Decrease of $5000. O c. Decrease of $1000. O d. Increase of $5000. O e. Decrease of $10000.
Suppose the reserve ratio of a bank is 0.125 and the Fed buys $10 billion worth of government bonds. What is the maximum impact this has on the money supply? O $80 billion O-$15.625 billion $15.625 billion O $125 billion