The bank has an excess of $7,250,000. The total deposits maintained by the bank are $125 million. The reserves maintained by the bank are $26 million. The required reserve ratio is 15%.
Total deposits are 125,000,000.
The Required reserve ratio is 15%.
So in actuality, the bank had to maintain a reserve of $18,750,000.
It is maintained a total reserve of $ 26,000,000.
Excess reserve of $7,250,000.
The banks are required to maintain a particular percentage as reserve of the amount deposited with them. Deposit is that amount that the customers maintain with them. The banks make a profit by lending this deposit to other lenders. The bank has to keep an amount as reserve to see that they are able to pay back the customer their deposit amount if required by the customer.
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