Your bank has the following balance sheet:
Assets Liabilities
Reserves $ 50 million Checkable deposits $200 million
Securities 50 million
Loans 150 million Bank capital 50 million
If the required reserve ratio is 10%, what actions should the bank manager take if there is an unexpected deposit outflow of $50 million?
After the deposit outflow, the bank will have a reserve shortfall of $15 million. The bank manager could try to borrow in the Federal Funds market, take out a discount loan from the Federal Reserve, sell $15 million of the securities the bank owns, sell off $15 million of the loans the bank owns, or lastly call-in $15 million of loans. All of the actions will be costly to the bank. The bank manager should try to acquire the funds with the least costly method.
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