Question

The FOMC has instructed the FRBNY Trading Desk to purchase $820 million in U.S. Treasury securities. The Federal Reserve has currently set the reserve requirement at 5 percent of transaction deposits. Assume U.S. banks withdraw all excess reserves and give out loans. a. Assume also that borrowers eventually return all of these funds to their banks in the form of transaction deposits. What is the full effect of this purchase on bank deposits and the money supply? b. What is the full effect of this purchase on bank deposits and the money supply if borrowers return only 95 percent of these funds to their banks in the form of transaction deposits? (For all requirements, enter your answers in billions. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places. (i.e., 5,500,000,000 should be entered as 5.50).)

Answer 1

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

a. . Assume also that borrowers eventually return all of these funds to their banks in the form of transaction deposits. What is the full effect of this purchase on bank deposits and the money supply?

Based on the above scenario, there'll be an increase in bank deposits and money supply by $16.4 billion.

= (1/5%) × $820 million

= (1/0.05) × $820 million

= 20 × $820 million

= 16,400,000,000

= 16.4 billion

b.What is the full effect of this purchase on bank deposits and the money supply if borrowersreturn only 95 percent of these funds to their banks in the form of transaction deposits?

This will lead to an increase in the bank deposits and money supply by $8.2 billion

= [1/(0.05+(1-0.95)] × $820 million

= [1/0.05+0.05] × $820 million

= (1/0.1) × $820 million

= 10 × $820 million

= $8.2 billion