Question

Suppose you win on a scratch‑off lottery ticket and you decide to put all of your $3,500 winnings in the bank. The reserve requirement is 10%. What is the maximum possible increase in the money supply as a result of your bank deposit? Which events could cause the increase in the money supply to be less than its potential?
A. Banks decide to keep some excess reserves on hand.
B. Banks choose to loan out all excess reserves.
C. All money loaned out is deposited back into the banking system.
D. Some loan recipients choose to hold some cash instead of depositing all of it in banks.

Answer 1

Answer:

35000

A, d

Explanation:

Reserve requirement is the portion of deposit received by banks that the central bank requires to be kept as deposit.

If $3500 is deposited and reserve requirement is 10%

reserves would increase by $3500 x 0.10 = $350

Increase in the total value of checkable deposit is determined by the money multiplier

Money multiplier = amount deposited / reserve requirement

3500 / 0.1 = 35000

If the banks keep excess reserves, the amount of money available to be loaned out would reduce and this would reduce the increase in money supply.

Also, if individuals keep the money at home, it would reduce the amount of money that can be loaned out by banks