Answer:
An Economy with a Single Bank
a. The amount of required reserves = $100
The amount of actual reserves = $100
The amount of excess reserves = $0.
b. The total amount of loans, deposits, and money in the economy
= $40,000
c. The size of the money multiplier for this economy
= 20
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Reserve requirement ratio = 5%
Customer's deposit = $2,000
Amount of required reserves
= Initial deposits multiplied by reserve ratio
= $100 ($2,000 * 5%)
Actual reserves = $100
Excess reserves = $0
Total amount of loans, deposits, and money in the economy
= Initial Deposits/Reserve Ratio
= $40,000 ($2,000/0.05)
The size of the money multiplier for this economy = Total money supply in the economy divided by the initial money deposits
= $40,000/$2,000
= 20
b) The Money Multiplier refers to how the initial deposit of $2,000 leads to a bigger final increase in the total money supply of $40,000. It means that the money multiplier is 20 or that the initial deposit of $2,000 has multiplied by 20 to $40,000.
