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ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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he banking system has $8,000 in reserve, $72,000 in loans, and $80,000 in deposits. Currently the reserve requirement is 10%.

a. If the Fed lowers reserve requirement to 5%, the banking system converts all excess reserves to loans, but borrowers return only 50% of these funds to the banking system as deposits. What is the maximum amount of loans the banking system could make

Definition Definition Capital reserves held by banks or financial institutions over and above the reserves that are required to be maintained by the regulator toward its liabilities and for internal controls. For commercial banks, excess reserve is the amount over the standard reserve as decided by the central bank. These excess reserve funds are available in the form of cash and cash equivalents.

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