If a bank has $1 million in demand deposits, $350,000 in reserves, and faces a 30 percent reserve requirement, the amount of money that a bank could initially create by loaning out their excess reserves is:
a. $50,000

b. $300,000.
c. $350,000.
d. $700,000.


a

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