Question

A bank has $8,000 in deposits and $6,000 in loans. It has loaned out all it can given the reserve requirement. It follows that the reserve requirement is a. 2.5 percent. b. 33.3 percent. c. 25 percent. d. 75 percent.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. 25 percent.

Explanation:

The computation of the reserve requirement percentage is shown below:

Given that

Deposits made = $8,000

Loans = $6,000

So the required reserve is

= deposits made - loans

= $8,000 - $6,000

= $2,000

Now the required reserve is

= $2,000 ÷ $8,000

= 25%

Hence, the correct option is c. 25 percent

We simply applied the above formula so that the correct value could come

And, the same is to be considered