Consider an economy where the monetary base is equal to $3,500 million. People hold onequarter (1/4th ) of their money in the form of currency and the remainder as bank deposits. Banks have a reserve-deposit ratio of 0.25 . a. What is the nation's money supply equal to? b. One day, COVID emerges as a public health emergency and people are forced to stay at home. As a result, people now hold only 1/8th of their money in the form of currency (and the remainder as bank deposits.) If banks maintain their reserve-deposit ratio of 0.25 and central bank does nothing, what is the new money supply? c. If, in the face of this crisis, the central bank wants to conduct an open market operation to keep the money supply at its original level, does it buy or sell government bonds? Calculate, in dollars, how much the central bank needs to buy/sell.
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