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ECN 211 Study Guide - Transaction Account, Excess Reserves, Reserve Requirement

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Which of the following would not appear on the asset side of a commercial bank balance sheet: reserves, checkable deposits, loans, government bonds. Assume a bank has total deposits of ,000 and ,000 is available to make new loans after the legal reserve requirement has been met. The legal reserve requirement is: : ,000, 20 percent, 0. 2 percent, 1 percent. The quantity of reserves held by a bank in addition to the legally required amounts is known as: a. b. c. d. e. actual reserves. excess reserves. the required reserve ratio. the money multiplier. the monetary base. Assume that first national bank has checkable deposits of million. _a___ 6. ratio is 20 percent and the bank is fully loaned up, the bank will keep what amount of excess reserves: sh million, million, million, million, million.

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6. The purpose of this exercise is to illustrate the multiple expansion of bank deposits in a fractional- reserve banking system. Assume the Fedâs legal reserve requirement is 10%

(Formula)

1. a. Required reserves = Required reserve ratio Â´ checkable deposits

b. Actual reserves = Required reserves + excess reserves

The consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. banking system indicates:

Assets Liabilities

Reserves $40,000 Checkable deposits $100,000

a. The simple money multiplier equals _______________. Formula:

b. The banking system has excess reserves of $_______________.

Formula (write out formula #1a):

Formula (write out formula #1b):

c. Loans and the money supply can be expanded by a maximum of $_______________.

7. The purpose of this exercise is to show what happens to the maximum money-creating ability of the banking system when the Fed lowers the reserve requirement. Assume the Fedâs reserve requirement is 1%. Use the balance sheet in question 6.

(Formula)

The consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. banking system indicates:

Assets Liabilities

Reserves $40,000 Checkable deposits $100,000

1. a. Required reserves = Required reserve ratio Â´ checkable deposits

b. Actual reserves = Required reserves + excess reserves

Must write out the mathematical formulas and show your calculations

a. The simple money multiplier equals _______________. Formula

b. The banking system has excess reserves of $_______________.

Formula (write out formula #1a):

Formula (write out formula #1b):

c. Loans and the money supply can be expanded by a maximum of $_______________.

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All of the following are part of the narrowest definition of moneysupply, M1, except:
A) Bill has $50 worth of pennies in a coffee jar
B) Mike has $600 in his checking account
C) Jill has $400 in travelerâs checks
D) Jules has $400 worth of $1 bills in the piggybank
E) John has $500 in his savings account
2. Which of the following make up the money supply as it is mostnarrowly defined?
A) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, traveler'schecks, and savings deposits
B) all coins and currency held by the nonbank public
C) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, checkingdeposits, and traveler's checks
D) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, checkingdeposits, and savings deposits
E) checking deposits, savings deposits, and money market mutualfund accounts
3. Which of the following are included in the narrowest definitionof the money supply?
A) cash in bank vaults
B) savings deposits
C) money market mutual fund accounts
D) negotiable certificates of deposit
E) checkable deposits
4. If you returned a $5 Federal Reserve note to the Fed, you couldreceive
A) $5 in silver
B) $5 in gold
C) 5 one-dollar bills
D) 10 one-dollar bills
E) a small gold bar
5. The Federal Reserve's narrowest definition of money is
A) M3
B) M2
C) M1
D) near money
E) money market mutual funds
6. As a lender, a bank holds an advantage over any individualperson because
A) individuals do not diversify their asset holdings
B) individuals are better at enforcing loan contracts
C) banks have to engage in extensive and costly searches forpotential borrowers
D) banks develop expertise in evaluating borrowers' loanapplications
E) individuals have extensive knowledge of and experience inwriting loan contracts
7. If a bank has $1 million in assets and $50,000 in net worth, itsliabilities must equal
A) $50,000
B) $1,050,000
C) $50 million
D) $1,000,000
E) $950,000
8. Suppose the required reserve ratio is 0.1 and Linda deposits$4,000 in cash at the College State Bank. If the bank held noexcess reserves before Linda's deposit and now increases itsreserves by $500, which of the following is true?
A) The bank must have lent out an additional $4,000.
B) The $500 are required reserves.
C) The bank has excess reserves of $100.
D) Both the bank's assets and its liabilities rise by $500.
E) The bank has $500 in excess reserves.
9. Suppose that the First National Bank acquires $500,000 in newdeposits and the required reserve ratio is 12 percent. Which of thefollowing is true?
A) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$500,000.
B) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$400,000.
C) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$440,000.
D) The entire banking system can increase the money supply by nomore than $500,000 if the First National Bank lends out its excessreserves.
E) The entire banking system can increase the money supply by nomore than $440,000 if the First National Bank lends out its excessreserves.
10. The ability to convert a store of value into a medium ofexchange with little loss of value is known as
A) arbitrage
B) solvency
C) liquidity
D) liability
E) currency
11. Which of the following would likely increase the moneysupply?
A) One bank buys government securities from another bank.
B) The required reserve ratio increases.
C) The Fed increases the reserves of commercial banks and the bankshold these as excess reserves.
D) The discount rate increases.
E) A bank sells government securities to the Fed.
12. The simple money multiplier equals
A) the required reserve ratio
B) the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio
C) 1 minus the required reserve ratio
D) 1 minus the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio
E) the square of the required reserve ratio
13. If the simple money multiplier is 5, the required reserve ratiomust be
A) 5 percent
B) 0
C) 10 percent
D) 50 percent
E) 20 percent
14. If an increase in excess reserves of $10 million increasescheckable deposits in the banking system by a maximum of $200million, the required reserve ratio is
A) 0
B) 5 percent
C) 10 percent
D) 20 percent
E) 2 percent
15. Suppose the reserve requirement ratio is 20 percent. Assumingno bank holds excess reserves and nobody withdraws cash, a $10,000injection of new excess reserves by the Fed can create
A) $2,000 in new checkable deposits
B) $10,000 in new checkable deposits
C) $50,000 in new checkable deposits
D) $500,000 in new checkable deposits
E) $50,000 in cash
16. Which of the following is not one of the procedures the Feduses to change the money supply?
A) buying government securities
B) selling government securities
C) lending reserves through the discount window
D) changing the required reserve ratio
E) extending loans to the public
17. Which of the following statements is correct?
A) To control the money supply, the Fed relies primarily on thereserve requirement.
B) The discount rate is the rate of interest banks charge to theirbest customers.
C) The Fed changes the reserve requirement frequently.
D) Because the Fed has no way to earn income, it is dependent uponCongress for appropriations.
E) Banks can turn a borrower's IOU into money--i.e., they cancreate money.
18. Lowering the discount rate is a way to expand the money supplybecause
A) it encourages banks to borrow from the Fed so they can moreeasily accommodate their customers' needs for loans
B) it encourages business customers to borrow directly from theFed
C) a lower discount rate reduces the amount of reserves banks arerequired to keep
D) a lower discount rate automatically reduces excessreserves
E) it encourages banks to sell U.S. government securities andincrease their cash reserves
19. The Fed operates
A) on a balanced budget
B) at a loss, since Federal Reserve notes and member bank depositsearn no interest
C) at a profit, since Federal Reserve notes and bank deposits earnno interest, but government securities and loans to commercialbanks do
D) at a profit, since Federal Reserve notes and member bankdeposits earn interest
E) at a loss, since Federal Reserve notes and member bank depositsearn interest, but government securities and loans to commercialbanks do not
20. Katie Sierra is willing to pay a higher interest rate. With noincome verification, she can apply for a type of loan commonlycalled
A) lion loans
B) liars loans
C) phantom loans
D) vaporware loans
E) prime-rate loans

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