3. The central bank holds $1,400 in government securities. The commercial banks have deposited $30 with the central bank and hold $100 in vault cash. $700 are held as currency by the public. The require reserve ratio is 20%. Banks are loaned up. (a) Fill the central bank's T-account below. Assets Liabilities Gov't securities Reserves Currency in circulation (This is not a complete T-account. The two sides may not be equal.) (b) What is the money supply?
3. The central bank holds $1,400 in government securities. The commercial banks have deposited $30 with the central bank and hold $100 in vault cash. $700 are held as currency by the public. The require reserve ratio is 20%. Banks are loaned up. (a) Fill the central bank's T-account below. Assets Liabilities Gov't securities Reserves Currency in circulation (This is not a complete T-account. The two sides may not be equal.) (b) What is the money supply?
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![3. The central bank holds $1,400 in government securities. The commercial banks have deposited $300
with the central bank and hold $100 in vault cash. $700 are held as currency by the public. The required
reserve ratio is 20%. Banks are loaned up.
(a) Fill the central bank's T-account below.
Assets
Liabilities
Gov't securities
Reserves
Currency in circulation
(This is not a complete T-account. The two sides may not be equal.)
(b) What is the money supply?
(c) The central bank would like to change the money supply to $2,300 either by an open market operation
or a change in the required reserve ratio.
(i) What should be the new ratio if the required reserve ratio is changed?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff517cb80-0bc4-462f-bf69-4e184477c146%2F4ac09a1e-2750-42f2-ac3c-2504e987d6bd%2F84oviu_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:3. The central bank holds $1,400 in government securities. The commercial banks have deposited $300
with the central bank and hold $100 in vault cash. $700 are held as currency by the public. The required
reserve ratio is 20%. Banks are loaned up.
(a) Fill the central bank's T-account below.
Assets
Liabilities
Gov't securities
Reserves
Currency in circulation
(This is not a complete T-account. The two sides may not be equal.)
(b) What is the money supply?
(c) The central bank would like to change the money supply to $2,300 either by an open market operation
or a change in the required reserve ratio.
(i) What should be the new ratio if the required reserve ratio is changed?
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