Money Market Mutual Fund Balances Held by Businesses $100 Money Market Mutual Fund Balances Held by Individuals 220 Currency in Banks 10 Currency in Circulation 60 Savings Deposits, Including Money Market Deposit Accounts 50 Large-denominated ($100,000 or more) Time Deposits 180 Small-denominated ($100,000 or less) Time Deposits 80 Checkable Deposits 100 Money supply M2 for this economy is

Through the taking of deposits and making loans, banks create more money that physically exists. destroy money that would physically exist if they were not part of the process. leave the system with exactly the same amount of money as physically exists. have no role in the money creation progr

Suppose Southeast Mutual Bank, Walls Fergo Bank, and PJMorton Bank all have zero excess reserves. The required reserve ratio is presently set at 25%. Paolo, a Southeast Mutual Bank customer, deposits $1,800,000 into his checking account at the local branch. Complete the following table to reflect any changes in Southeast Mutual Bank's T-account (before the bank makes any new loans). Deposits Assets (Dollars) 1,800,000 $1,800,000 ▼ Reserves Liabilities Complete the following table to show the effect of a new deposit on excess and required reserves when the required reserve ratio is 25%. Hint: If the change is negative, be sure to enter the value as negative number. Amount Deposited Change in Excess Reserves Change in Required Reserves (Dollars) (Dollars) Southeast Mutual Bank Walls Fergo Bank PJMorton Bank $450,000 Now, suppose Southeast Mutual Bank loans out all of its new excess reserves to Lucia, who immediately uses the funds to write a check to Kenji. Kenji deposits the funds…

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