Question

Suppose a banking system has $100,000 in deposits, a required reserve ratio of 25 percent, and total bank reserves for the whole system of $25,000. Then the potential deposit creation for the whole system is equal to:

Answer 1

Answer:

$0

Explanation:

Given that,

Deposits = $100,000

Required reserve ratio = 25 percent

Total bank reserves = $25,000

Required reserve ratio refers to the ratio of deposits that are kept with the federal reserve.

Required reserves:

= Deposits × Required reserve ratio

= $100,000 × 0.25

= $25,000

Excess reserves:

= Total reserves - Required reserves

= $25,000 - $25,000

= $0

So, there is no excess reserves in this economy.

Money multiplier:

= 1/Required reserve ratio

= 1/0.25

= 4

Therefore, the total money creation potential of this deposit is zero.