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wants to increase the money supply by $10 billion, to $910 billion. It could do this through open-market operations or by ed reserve ratio. Assume for this question that you can use the simple money multiplier. sell or buy la wants to increase the money supply using open-market operations, it should $ billion worth of Canadian
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![Suppose the money supply (as measured by chequable deposits) is currently $900 billion. The required reserve ratio is 30%. Banks hold $270 billion
in reserves, so there are no excess reserves.
The Bank of Canada wants to increase the money supply by $10 billion, to $910 billion. It could do this through open-market operations or by
changing the required reserve ratio. Assume for this question that you can use the simple money multiplier.
sell or buy
If the Bank of Canada wants to increase the money supply using open-market operations, it should
government bonds.
billion worth of Canadian
decrease or increase
If the Bank of Canada wants to increase the money supply by adjusting the required reserve ratio, it should
the required reserve ratio.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5c15f06d-a317-451f-9a93-0c588cc366d2%2F4d4a5033-6746-425b-8be6-bcff131a5589%2Ffo374ss_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose the money supply (as measured by chequable deposits) is currently $900 billion. The required reserve ratio is 30%. Banks hold $270 billion
in reserves, so there are no excess reserves.
The Bank of Canada wants to increase the money supply by $10 billion, to $910 billion. It could do this through open-market operations or by
changing the required reserve ratio. Assume for this question that you can use the simple money multiplier.
sell or buy
If the Bank of Canada wants to increase the money supply using open-market operations, it should
government bonds.
billion worth of Canadian
decrease or increase
If the Bank of Canada wants to increase the money supply by adjusting the required reserve ratio, it should
the required reserve ratio.
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