The Fed makes an open market operation purchase of $200,000. The currency drain ratio is 33.33 percent and the desired reserve ratio is 10 percent. By how much does the quantity of money increase?
A) $800,000
B) $333,333
C) $2,000,000
D) $615,416
E) $465,116
D
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