The reserve requirement is:

A. a loose guideline for how much banks must hold in reserves.
B. the regulation that sets the minimum fraction of deposits banks must hold in reserve.
C. currently set at $2 million for most banks.
D. the dollar amount of cash banks must keep on hand and not loan out.


Answer: B

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