Exam 16: The Money Supply Process

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If the desired reserve ratio is fifteen percent,currency in circulation is $400 billion,and chequable deposits are $800 billion,then the money multiplier is approximately ________.

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Explain what happens to the money multiplier and the money supply when depositor behaviour causes c to increase with all other variables remaining the same.

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An increase in c means that depositors are converting some of their chequable deposits into currency.As shown before,chequable deposits undergo multiple expansion while currency does not.Hence when chequable deposits are being converted into currency,there is a switch from a component of the money supply that undergoes multiple expansion to one that does not.The overall level of multiple expansion declines,and so must the multiplier and the money supply.

If the desired reserve ratio is one-third,currency in circulation is $300 billion,and chequable deposits are $900 billion,then the level of excess reserves in the banking system is ________.

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An increase in the nonborrowed monetary base,everything else held constant,will cause ________.

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The interest rate the Bank of Canada charges banks borrowing from the Bank is the ________.

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How do changes in the desired reserve ratio affect the money multiplier?

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If a person selling bonds to the Bank of Canada cashes the Bank's cheque,then reserves ________ and currency in circulation ________,everything else held constant.

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If the desired reserve ratio is equal to 10 percent,a single bank can increase its loans up to a maximum amount equal to ________.

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The money supply is ________ related to the level of borrowed reserves.

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Everything else held constant,a decrease in the currency ratio will mean ________ in the M2+ money multiplier.

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The sum of the Bank of Canada's monetary liabilities and the Canadian Mint's monetary liabilities is called ________.

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When the Bank of Canada sells a government bond to a bank,reserves in the banking system ________ and the monetary base ________,everything else held constant.

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If the desired reserve ratio is ten percent,currency in circulation is $400 billion,chequable deposits are $1000 billion,and excess reserves total $1 billion,then the monetary base is ________.

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In the simple deposit expansion model,a decline in chequable deposits of $500 when the desired reserve ratio is equal to 20 percent implies that the Bank of Canada ________.

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The three players in the money supply process include ________.

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The simple deposit multiplier can be expressed as the ratio of the ________.

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In the simple deposit expansion model,an expansion in chequable deposits of $1,000 when the desired reserve ratio is equal to 20 percent implies that the Bank of Canada ________.

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The monetary base minus reserves equals ________.

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During the banking crisis in the United States that ended in March 1933,

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Explain two reasons why the Bank of Canada does not have complete control over the level of bank deposits and loans.Explain how a change in either factor affects the deposit expansion process.

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