ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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Refer to table below. Suppose that the Fed had decided to set the U.S. money supply in December 1932 and in December 1933 at the same value as in December 1930.

 

a. Assuming that the values of currency held by the public and the reserve-deposit ratio had remained as given in the table, what should the values of bank reserves be to reach the stated target for the U.S. money supply?

 

Instruction: enter all responses rounded to two decimal places

 

  Money Supply Currency held by public Reserve-deposit ratio Actual Bank reserves Needed Bank reserves
December 1930 $44.1 billion $3.85 billion 0.075 $3.31 billion $3.31 billion
December 1932 $44.1 billion $4.82 billion 0.109 $3.18 billion  billion
December 1933 $44.1 billion $4.85 billion 0.133 $3.45 billion  billion

 

b. In order to accomplish this objective, the Fed would have had to conduct open market  purchases   to increase bank reserves by $ _______ billion in 1932 and $_________  billion in 1934. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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