Question

The currency in Macroland is called econs. In Macroland, the public holds 2,000 econs in currency; commercial bank reserves are 300 econs; and the desired reserve-to-deposit ratio of the commercial banks is 10%. If the Central Bank of Macroland prints an additional 200 econs and uses this new currency to buy government bonds from the public, the money supply in Macroland will ____, assuming that the public does not wish to change the amount of currency it holds from before.

Answer 1

Answer:

D)5,000; 7,000

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

The total bank deposit would be

= (300 ÷ 0.10) + 2,000

= 3,000 + 2,000

= 5,000

In the case when the reserve ratio is 10% so the money multiplier would be 10

Since there is extra inflow of currency so by having the multiplier effect it would be 2000 econs

Now first it is 5,000 econ than it would become 7,000 econ

If there is an additional inflow of currency because of printing 200 econs by central bank then because of multiplier effect it will be 2000 econs.

Money supply from earlier 5000 econs will become 7000 econs.