If a bank has $200 million in deposits, the required reserve rate is 10 percent and the bank has $23 million in reserves:
A. the bank is short of required reserves.
B. the bank has excess reserves of $21 million.
C. the bank has excess reserves of $3 million.
D. the bank has excess reserves of $13 million.
Answer: C
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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