Suppose a bank has $100,000 in checking account deposits with no excess reserves and the required reserve ratio is 5 percent. If the Federal Reserve lowers the required reserve ratio to 3 percent, then the bank will now have excess reserves of
A) $0. B) $2,000. C) $3,000. D) $5,000.
B
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Which of the following is an impact of a rent ceiling set below the equilibrium rent?
A) Renters find apartments to rent more rapidly because the rent ceiling is lower. B) Landlords' incentives to provide apartments decrease. C) The supply of apartments increases as soon as the rent ceiling is imposed. D) A surplus of housing occurs. E) Search for apartments decreases because renters need no longer search for the apartment with the lowest rent.
Suppose voter preferences over a public good funded through a head tax are single peaked. If everyone has the same tastes and the public good is a normal good, then ideal points for higher income individuals will lie to the right of ideal points of lower income individuals.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A major cause of volatility in the value of the U.S. dollar is ________
A) foreign exchange interventions by the U.S. Treasury B) change in U.S. net exports C) change in the expected value of the dollar D) disagreement among policy makers
A market in which national currencies are traded by households, firms and governments, is referred to as a(n)
A) foreign exchange market. B) fed funds market. C) international reserves market. D) gold certificate market.