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

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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Which quotation is irrelevant to the claim in paragraph 1 that "people have confidence that the money will hold its value because their government backs it"? "The Mint was charged with producing the nation's specie in copper, silver, and gold. O For the first 50 years or so, U.S. currency consisted almost entirely of coins." (paragraph 13) "Demand notes could be redeemed for silver or gold coins on demand and were legal tender guaranteed by the federal government." (paragraph 14) O "Most nations today back their own currencies as legal tender." (paragraph 15) O "Paper notes often consist of higher values than coins." (paragraph 15)
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 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
Interest Rate 4% 3 2. O2 percent 0 percent 4 percent a 3 percent MS b d Refer to Figure 15-1. At which interest rate is there an excess money supply? Money Demand Quantity of Money
By using open market operations, the Federal Reserve O a. adjusts the supply AND demand of reserves to keep the federal funds interest rate equal to its target. O b. adjusts the supply of reserves to keep the federal funds interest rate equal to its target. Oc controls banks' demand for reserves, thereby keeping the federal funds rate equal to its target. O d. adjusts the demand of reserves to keep bank rates in line with the federal funds rate target. O e. None of these answers is correct.
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Using the simply multiple deposit multiplier model, the Federal Reserve Bank desires to increase the size of checkable deposits by $50,500. If the required reserve ratio is 5%, then the Fed needs to purchase worth of securities in the open market. O $2,445 O $2,650 O $2,525 O $2,500
Suppose the required reserve ratio is 10% and a bank receives a $10 million deposit into a checking account. By how much will deposits change in the banking system? (assume that the banking system currently has no excess reserves) Select one: $100 million. O $90 million. $10 million. O $110 million. Clear my choice
Which of the following statements is true about bonds? 1) A bond's dollar price is calculated as a growth rate. 2) The dollar price and interest rate of a bond have a positive relationship. 3) Bonds can never default. 4) The dollar price and interest rate of a bond have an inverse relationship. 5) Bonds are ownership shares in a firm.
The following graph shows a hypothetical demand function for federal funds . Currently , the total amount of reserves in the banking system is $ 50 billion , the discount rate is 3.5 percent , and interest on reserves equals IOR = 1 percent . If the Fed reduces the discount rate to 3.00 percent , the equilibrium federal funds rate ( FFR ) will equal : O a . FFR 3.00% O b . FFR = 2.50% O c . FFR = 2.00% O d . FFR 1.50% O e . None of the above.
If the Fed is pursuing a fixed interest rate target, an increase in the money supply will be required when Select one: O a. money demand increases. O b. GDP decreases. c. M2 increases relative to M1, because the transaction cost of transferring money from savings accounts to checking accounts declines. O d. money demand decreases.
Suppose the required reserve ratio increased from 5 percent to 10 percent, and suppose banks kept no excess reserves. Ceteris paribus, it follows that the "money" (or "deposit") multiplier would: Select one: O a. decrease from 20 to 10. O b. increase from 5 to 10. O c. decrease from 10 to 20. O d. decrease from 1/5 to1/10.