Question

If a bank has $500 million of checkable deposits, a required reserve ratio of 15%, and it holds $126 million reserves, then the maximum deposit outflow it can sustain without running into reserve deficiency is Group of answer choices $20 million $60 million $71 million $51 million

Answer 1

Answer: $51 million

Explanation:

Firstly, we need to calculate the required reserve which will be:

= $500 × 15%

= $500 million × 0.15

= $75 million

Then, the excess reserve will be:

= $126 million - $75 million

= $51 million

Therefore, the maximum deposit outflow it can sustain without running into reserve deficiency is $51 million.