The table below is the balance sheet for all banks combined in the banking system. All banks have a target reserve ratio of 2.5 Assets Reserves. Loans Securities Fixed assets Total $160,000 $ 5,226,500 675,000 688,500 6,750,000 Liabilities/Equity Demand Deposits Shareholders' equity Total $6,075,000 $ 675,000 6,750,000 a. The amount of excess reserves is $ b. The maximum amount that loans and deposits could be increased by is $ c. Assume that the system becomes fully loaned up. Show the new balance sheet in the table above. d. Now that the system is fully loaned up, the money supply will have increased by $

2. Here is the balance sheet of the consolidated banking system of the country of Zargadee (all entries are in millions): Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Entire Economy of Zargadee Assets Reserves Cash in Vault Deposits at CBZ Bonds Loans 50 90 Total Reserves Total Assets 140 460 1000 1600 Liabilities Deposits Borrowing from CBZ Total Liabilities 1400 200 1600 Assume that 1) households hold no currency and 2) banks hold no excess reserves. The current reserve requirement is 10%. The Central Bank of Zargadee (CBZ) uses the three traditional tools to perform monetary policy in an economy that is reserve constrained. a. Under our assumptions, what is the money multiplier? For each part (b)-(d) below, i) Conceptually explain the effect of the policy on the money supply. ii) Calculate the change in M1 given our assumptions. iii) Construct the new balance sheet of the consolidated banking system of Zargadee under the new policy. iv) When the money supply changes, list a chain of events to…

The table below is the balance sheet for the Oilers Bank, which has a target reserve ratio of 5%. Liabilities/Equity Demand Deposits Shareholders' equity Assets Reserves Loans Securities Fixed assets Total $3,000 34,000 8,500 4,500 50,000 Total $40,000 10,000 50,000 a. The Oilers Bank is over-reserved by $ b. The bank makes a loan equal to the excess reserves and the borrower writes a cheque (for the full amount of the loan) to another customer of the bank, who then deposits it. The new amount of excess reserves is $ c. Instead, the cheque written by the borrower is cleared against the Oilers Bank (the cheque was written to a customer of another bank). The amount of excess reserves held by the Oilers Bank is $

22. Which of the following entries would appear on the liabilities side of a commercial bank's balance sheet?     Government of Canada securities     demand deposits     cash reserves     mortgage loans     foreign currency reserves