Exam 11: The Monetary System

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The Banks of the Mississippi has excess reserves of $20,000, desired reserves of $80,000 and the desired reserve ratio is 5 percent.What are the total amount of deposits in this bank?

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Susan just sold her text books for $200 cash and deposited the cash she received in her checking account.This transaction has

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Which of the following is NOT held as an asset by banks?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the Fed's monetary policy tools?

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The word "fiat" is

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If you use a check to pay your monthly rent,

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The ________ the desired reserve ratio, the ________ the ________ in the quantity of money created from an initial increase of $100,000 in the monetary base.

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Explain how a currency drain affects the size of the money multiplier.In your explanation, suppose that in one round of the money creation process a bank gains $1 million in new deposits and reserves.Further suppose that the desired reserve ratio is 10 percent and the currency drain is 50 percent.

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An increase in the currency drain

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Suppose the desired reserve ratio is 10 percent and there is no currency drain.Then a $200 increase in the monetary base results in the banking system increasing the quantity of money by

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What assets are included in M1? In M2? Is all of M1 and M2 money? If some assets of M1 or M2 are not money, why are they included in M1 or M2?

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C is the currency drain and R is the desired reserve ratio.The money multiplier equals

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The Fed purchases $100 million of U.S.government securities from First National Bank.The balance sheet for First National Bank shows ________ in its total assets and ________ in its total liabilities.

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Banks create money by

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Banks earn a profit by

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When the Fed buys $100 million of securities from a commercial bank the

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The function of money that helps assess the opportunity cost of an activity is money's use as a

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What are the three types of financial institutions that accept deposits that are part of the U.S.money supply? Briefly describe each of the three types of financial institutions.

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Amount (dollars) Checking deposits 600 Savings deposits 1000 Time deposits 1,500 Loans 1,200 Government securities 2,000 Outstanding credit card balances 400 Currency in vault 10 Deposits in reserve account at the Fed 20 -The above table gives assets and deposits for a (small) bank.The bank's reserves are equal to

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Does an open market operation in which the Fed buys securities from the general public decrease or increase the banking system's reserves?

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