Consider the following situation in the Canadian banking system: • The Bank of Canada purchases $5 million worth of government securities   from an investment dealer with a cheque drawn on the Bank of Canada. • The dealer deposits this cheque at Bank XYZ, a commercial bank. • The target reserve ratio for all commercial banks is 20%. • All commercial banks operate with no excess reserves. • There is no cash drain. Suppose the public decides to hold 30% of their deposits in cash — that is, there is now a cash drain of 30%. As a result of the new deposit, the money supply would eventually     decrease by $12.50 million.     increase by $10 million.     decrease by $15 million.     increase by $12.50 million.     not change.

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45. Consider the following situation in the Canadian banking system:

The Bank of Canada purchases $5 million worth of government securities 

 from an investment dealer with a cheque drawn on the Bank of Canada.

The dealer deposits this cheque at Bank XYZ, a commercial bank.
The target reserve ratio for all commercial banks is 20%.
All commercial banks operate with no excess reserves.
There is no cash drain.
Suppose the public decides to hold 30% of their deposits in cash — that is, there is now a cash drain of 30%. As a result of the new deposit, the money supply would eventually
   
decrease by $12.50 million.
   
increase by $10 million.
   
decrease by $15 million.
   
increase by $12.50 million.
   
not change.
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