Question

Suppose that Third National Bank has reserves of $20,000 and checkable deposits of $100,000. The reserve ratio is 20 percent. The bank sells $5,000 in securities to the Federal Reserve Bank in its district, receiving a $5,000 increase in reserves in return. Instructions: Enter your answer as a whole number. What level of excess reserves does the bank now have?

Answer 1

Answer:

$5,000

Explanation:

New total reserve = Existing reserve + Increase in reserve = $20,000 + $5,000 = $25,000

Required reserve still remains at $20,000 because the sale of securities does not change the checkable deposits,

Therefore, we have

Excess reserves = Actual reserve - Required reserve = $25,000 - $20,000 = $5,000 .

Therefore, level of excess reserves the bank now have is $5,000.