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![Challenge Problem. The chapter mentions that an open market operation by the Fed can increase or decrease
the quantity of deposits in banks and therefore the money supply.
The change in the money supply from a Fed open market operation is given by the following equation:
Change in money supply = Change in reserves x1/ (RR+ ER)
where
RR = the percentage of deposits that banks are required to keep as reserves
ER
= the percentage of deposits that banks voluntarily hold as excess reserves
1/ (RR+ ER) = the "money multiplier"
Suppose the Fed decides to sell $16 billion in Treasury bonds. Assume that the reserve requirement is 10
percent, banks hold 3 percent in excess reserves, and the public holds no cash.
This action by the Fed causes the money supply to
by S billion. (Round your response to two
decimal places.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F363cd58e-1b65-4b04-894b-f83cee0dcc92%2F8fcd72b0-9634-41d8-aeb9-c2f86d123c37%2Fjzyg1t_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Challenge Problem. The chapter mentions that an open market operation by the Fed can increase or decrease
the quantity of deposits in banks and therefore the money supply.
The change in the money supply from a Fed open market operation is given by the following equation:
Change in money supply = Change in reserves x1/ (RR+ ER)
where
RR = the percentage of deposits that banks are required to keep as reserves
ER
= the percentage of deposits that banks voluntarily hold as excess reserves
1/ (RR+ ER) = the "money multiplier"
Suppose the Fed decides to sell $16 billion in Treasury bonds. Assume that the reserve requirement is 10
percent, banks hold 3 percent in excess reserves, and the public holds no cash.
This action by the Fed causes the money supply to
by S billion. (Round your response to two
decimal places.)
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The formulae for the money multiplier(m) is:
Where is the change in the supply of money(M)
is the change in the reserve(R)
RR is the required-reserve and ER is the excess-reserve.
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