Question

Reserves$72Checkable Deposits$240 Securities110Loans from Federal Reserve Banks2 Loans60 Consolidated Balance Sheet: Federal Reserve Banks Securities$240Reserves of Commercial Banks$72 Loans to Commercial Banks2Treasury Deposits30 Federal Reserve Notes140 Refer to the given balance sheets and assume the reserve ratio is 25 percent. Suppose the Federal Reserve Banks buy $2 in securities from the public, which deposits this amount into checking accounts. As a result of these transactions, the supply of money will

Answer 1

Answer:

d. directly increase by $2 and the money-creating potential of the commercial banking system will increase by $6

Explanation:

Note: The organized table of the question is attached as picture below

Total increase in money supply = (1/Reserve ratio)*2

Total increase in money supply = (1 / 0.25) * 2

Total increase in money supply = 4 * 2

Total increase in money supply = 8.

Out of which 2 is directly increased because fed deposits 2 into checking deposits and 6 is indirectly increased.