Table 29-1 Effects of an open-market transaction on the balance sheets of Banks and the Fed (in millions of dollars) Banks Federal Reserve System Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities Bank Reserves: Reserves: +$20 U.S. Gov't Sec. +$20 +$20 U.S. Gov't Securities:-$20 In Table 29-1, if the required reserve ratio is 5 percent, what will happen to the money supply? Use the oversimplified money multiplier in your calculations. The money supply will not change. The money supply will decrease by $400 million. The money supply will decrease by $100 million. The money supply will increase by $400 million. The money supply will increase by $20 million.

Use the Fed and the banking system T-accounts to describe the effects of a Fed sale of $200 million worth of government bonds to bank that pays with part of its reserve held at the Fed. What would be the effect of this transaction on the Fed's monetary liabilities?

Page 4 5. Use the following T-account information and the fact that the required reserve ratio in this economy is 0.10 (i.c., 10 %) to answer the questions below (Show your work) Treasury dd T 20 Bonds 600 Bonds Loans to Fed 300 dd 190 B dd 100 T 20 Banks FRN 200 Public 1500 Loans from Banks 850 Banks Cash 60 dd p 1500 dd p P dd B 190 Other Cash 150 Loans to Deposits 100 Bonds 100 Public 850 Loans from Other Bonds 100 Fed 100 Deposits 100 a. What are the Bank Reserves? b. What are the Bank Required Reserves? c. What are the Bank Excess Reserves? d. What is the current Money Supply (MI)? e. If Banks maximized their Loans to the Public, using up all their excess reserves, what will be the new Money Supply? f. The Fed did not like the new Money Supply and sold 40 in Bonds to Banks. After the banks bought the bonds, they have to call in loans from the public. What will be the new Money Supply end up being after the banks made the required changes? g. If the Banks refused the buy the 40 in…

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