The commercial banking system can lend by a multiple of its excess reserves primarily because:

A. Its reserves are on deposit with the Federal Reserve Banks

B. Its reserves are highly liquid assets

C. It loses reserves when it extends credit

D. Its required reserves are fractional


D. Its required reserves are fractional

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a. 80 units b. 100 units c. 120 units d. 140 units

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When a U.S. importer needs $20,000 to settle an invoice for 228,000 Uruguayan pesos, the price of 1 dollar is 11.4 Uruguayan pesos

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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As of 2013, to be in the top quintile for income distribution in the United States, a household needed in income at least

A. $52,000. B. $117,000. C. $140,000. D. $85,000.

Economics

If the price of a good Y falls, then the marginal rate of substitution between X and Y:

A. increases. B. remains the same. C. decreases. D. depends on whether X and Y are normal or inferior goods, and we cannot tell without that information.

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