The money multiplier in the economy is 1 / reserve ratio.
= 1 / 5 = 0.2 or 20%.
the answer is "A".
Question 18 (3 points) The people in an economy have $10 million in money. There is...
QUESTION 2 A group of people in an economy have $5 million in cash. They deposit their money in a bank and it holds $0.5 million as required reserves. M1 money supply increases by through the banking system? 3. $25 million b. 545 million $5 million d. $10 million
EOC 11.04 Unanswered Assume there is only one bank and that all the people deposit all of their money into the bank. The people deposit $10 million and the bank holds 5 percent of the deposits as reserves. What is the simple money multiplier in this economy? A 5 Submit
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Money Multiplier (Based on Mankiw Ch.4 #5). Consider an economy with a monetary base of $1,000. People hold a third of their money in the form of currency (and thus two-thirds as bank deposits). Banks hold a third of their deposits in reserves. a.) What is the reserve-deposit ratio, the currency-deposit ratio, the money multiplier, and the money supply? b.) Say a financial crisis takes place which strikes fear in the population about the safety of banks. As a result,...
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