Initially, the Republic of Gorgonzola has no commercial banking system.  To make trading easier and eliminate the need for barter, the government directs the central bank of Gorgonzola to put into circulation 4,000,000 identical paper notes, called guilders. The central bank prints the guilders and distributes them to the people. At this point the Gorgonzolan money supply is 4,000,000 million guilders. In order to keep the money safe, some Gorgonzolan entrepreneurs set up a system of commercial banks. When people need to make a payment, they can either withdraw their guilders or write a check on their account. Checks give the banks permission to transfer guilders from the account of the person paying by check to the account of the person to whom the check is made out. With a system of payments based on checks, the paper guilders need never leave the banking system, although they flow from one bank to another as a depositor of one bank makes a payment to a depositor in another bank. Deposits do not earn interest in this economy.     Let’s suppose for now that people prefer bank deposits to cash and so deposit all of their guilders with the commercial banks. Assume that (1) initially, the Gorgonzolan central bank puts 4,000,000 guilders into circulation and (2) commercial banks desire to hold reserves of 20 percent of deposits. Assume that the public holds no currency. Instructions: Enter your responses as whole numbers. a.  The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after the initial deposits is: Initial balance sheet   Assets Liabilities Currency   Deposits   b.  The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after one round of loans is:   Balance sheet after first round of loans   Assets Liabilities Currency (= reserves)   Deposits   Loans       c.  The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after the first redeposit of guilders is: Balance sheet after redeposits   Assets Liabilities Currency (= reserves)   Deposits   Loans

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Initially, the Republic of Gorgonzola has no commercial banking system.  To make trading easier and eliminate the need for barter, the government directs the central bank of Gorgonzola to put into circulation 4,000,000 identical paper notes, called guilders. The central bank prints the guilders and distributes them to the people. At this point the Gorgonzolan money supply is 4,000,000 million guilders.

In order to keep the money safe, some Gorgonzolan entrepreneurs set up a system of commercial banks. When people need to make a payment, they can either withdraw their guilders or write a check on their account. Checks give the banks permission to transfer guilders from the account of the person paying by check to the account of the person to whom the check is made out. With a system of payments based on checks, the paper guilders need never leave the banking system, although they flow from one bank to another as a depositor of one bank makes a payment to a depositor in another bank. Deposits do not earn interest in this economy.  

 

Let’s suppose for now that people prefer bank deposits to cash and so deposit all of their guilders with the commercial banks. Assume that (1) initially, the Gorgonzolan central bank puts 4,000,000 guilders into circulation and (2) commercial banks desire to hold reserves of 20 percent of deposits. Assume that the public holds no currency.


Instructions: Enter your responses as whole numbers.

a.  The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after the initial deposits is:

Initial balance sheet
 

Assets Liabilities
Currency   Deposits  



b.  The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after one round of loans is:
 

Balance sheet after first round of loans
 

Assets Liabilities
Currency (= reserves)   Deposits  
Loans      


c.  The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after the first redeposit of guilders is:

Balance sheet after redeposits
 

Assets Liabilities
Currency (= reserves)   Deposits  
Loans      


d.  The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after two rounds of loans and redeposits is:

Balance sheet after second round of loans and redeposits
 

 

Assets Liabilities
Currency (= reserves)   Deposits  
Loans      



e.  The final values of bank reserves, loans, deposits are:

Final consolidated balance sheet
 

Assets Liabilities
Currency Final value of bank reserves   Deposits  
Loans      

               
The final value of the money supply is:   

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