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Classify each of these transactions as an asset, a liability, or neither for each of the
"players" in the money supply process - the Federal Reserve, banks, and depositors.
a. You get a $10,000 loan from the bank to buy an automobile.
b. You deposit $400 into your checking account at the local bank.
c. The Fed provides an emergency loan to a bank for $1,000,000
d. A bank borrows $500,000 in overnight loans from another bank
e. You use your debit card to purchase a meal at a restaurant for $100.
a. Liability to you (depositor) because you now owe the bank $10,000, asset to the bank
because you owe them principal and interest, neither to Fed Res, bc they play no part
b. Asset to you (depositor), liability to bank bc they owe you $400, neither to Fed Res,
bc they play no part
c. Fed holds an asset to this plus interest, liability to the bank because it owes this much
to Fed, neither to depositors bc they play no part
d. bank that borrows has liability, bank that extended loan holds it as an asset, neither
for Fed
e. neither to depositor, liability for bank, neither to Fed
The First National Bank receives an extra $100 of reserves but decides not to lend out
any of these reserves, How much deposit creation takes place for the entire banking
system?
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Suppose that the Fed buys $1 million of bonds from the First National Bank. If the First
National Bank and all other banks use the resulting increase in reserves to purchase
securities only and not to make loans, what will happen to checkable deposits? Assume
the required reserve ratio is 10 percent.
Change of D = 1 / rr x Change of R