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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A bank's net worth is:​

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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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The simple money multiplier:​

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​The liquidity of an asset indicates:

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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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Which of the following statements is correct?​

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Which of the following is not money?​

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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 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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Most of the Fed's liabilities are in the form of:​

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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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