A bank has excess reserves of $4,000 and demand deposit liabilities of $100,000 when the required reserve ratio is 20 percent. If the reserve ratio is raised to 25 percent, the bank's excess reserves will be

A) -$5,000.
B) -$1,000.
C) $1,000.
D) $5,000.


B

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