
Principles of Money, Banking & Financial Markets 12th Edition by Lawrence Ritter,William Silber,Gregory Udell
Edition 12ISBN: 978-0321339195
Principles of Money, Banking & Financial Markets 12th Edition by Lawrence Ritter,William Silber,Gregory Udell
Edition 12ISBN: 978-0321339195 Exercise 7
Consider a bank that has the following balance sheet:
A new customer opens a checking account and deposits $500 into it. For each of the following questions, assume the required reserve ratio is 10 percent.
a. After the new deposit, how much money can this bank lend
b. Assuming that the bank makes the largest loan possible, borrowers choose not to hold excess cash, and banks choose not to hold excess reserves, how many total new deposits can be created as a result of the initial $500 deposit

a. After the new deposit, how much money can this bank lend
b. Assuming that the bank makes the largest loan possible, borrowers choose not to hold excess cash, and banks choose not to hold excess reserves, how many total new deposits can be created as a result of the initial $500 deposit
Explanation
a.
We know that the bank's reserves are ...
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