Refer to the information. The $40 billion deposit of currency into checking accounts will create excess reserves of:

Answer the question on the basis of the following information about a banking system: new
currency deposited in the system = $40 billion; legal reserve ratio = 0.20; excess reserves
prior to the currency deposit = $0.

A. $20 billion.
B. $32 billion.
C. $40 billion.
D. $0.


B. $32 billion.

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