Exam 14: Banking and the Money Supply
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If each bank in the United States had to keep 100 percent of checkable deposits as reserves,each $1 the Fed injected into new reserves could increase the money supply by:
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Decreasing the required reserve ratio is an expansionary policy because it increases the amount of excess reserves in the banking system.
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Debit cards are safer than credit cards because debit cards generally require a PIN number.
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During the 2008 crisis,the Fed demanded interest payments on reserves held at the Fed.
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Banks are required to hold reserves against the total value of all their assets.
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If the required reserve ratio is 10 percent and a bank receives a new deposit for $100,000,then the:
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The immediate effect of a bank's purchase of U.S.government securities from the Fed is a(n):
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Currency held by the nonbanking public is a medium of exchange.
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Banks help to overcome the problem of asymmetric information by:
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Which of the following is included in the narrow definition of the money supply?
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If a bank has $1 million in assets and $50,000 in net worth,its liabilities must equal:
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The table below shows the balance sheet of Eubank.If Eubank is holding no excess reserves,its required reserve must be:
Table 14.1
EUBANK


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A bank finds itself short of required reserves and therefore borrows from another commercial bank.The interest rate on this loan is:
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If a bank borrows $1,000 from the Fed and lends it out,the bank sets in motion a process that will result in an expansion of the money supply by a multiple of that $1,000.
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