The required reserve ratio is 0.05. If the Federal Reserve buys $1,000,000 worth of bonds from a bond dealer who has her accoun
t at Bank XYZ above and she deposits the entire $1,000,000 into a checking account at Bank XYZ, what will be the new required and excess reserves for this bank (assume no new loans are made)? (Remember that required reserves are found by applying the required reserve ratio to the amount of total checkable deposits.)
1 answer:
Missing information:
total deposits in bank XYZ = $4,000,000
total reserves = $3,800,000
Answer:
the required reserve = $250,000
excess reserves = $4,550,000
Explanation:
required reserve ratio = 5%
the Fed buys $1,000,000 worth of bonds
the $1,000,000 are deposited entirely in bank XYZ
total checkable deposits will increase to $5,000,000
the required reserve = $5,000,000 x 5% = $250,000
excess reserves = total checkable deposits - total loans - required reserves = $5,000,000 - $200,000 - $250,000 = $4,550,000
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