Suppose a bank has $3 million in excess reserves and total reserves of $10 million. A required reserve ratio of 10% is applicable to all deposits at the bank. What is the total amount of deposits at the bank?
a. $10 million
b. $300 million
c. $40 million
d. $100 million
e. $70 million
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A) brokerage house specializing in the trading of common stock. B) brokerage house specializing in the trading of corporate bonds. C) measure of the risk involved with a holding a particular asset. D) collection of assets.
Suppose the production function for good q is given by q = 3K + 2 L where K and L are capital and labor inputs. Consider three statements about this function: I. The function exhibits constant returns to scale. II. The function exhibits diminishing marginal productivities to all inputs. III. The function has a constant rate of technical substitution. Which of these statements is true?
a. All of them. b. None of them. c. I and II but not III. d. I and III but not II. e. only I.
Which of the following is a probable consequence of the presence of accounting rules that allow firms to hide the financial impact of actions that would harm investors?
a. Investors may be able to enforce market efficiency. b. The WTO will disenfranchise the country that allows this to happen. c. Investors will immediately organize a speculative attack and the price of stocks will inflate. d. The balance-of-payments deficit will increase, leading the economy into a debt trap. e. Investors may not be able to adequately judge when the risk of investing in a firm rises.
The process in which new technologies replace old ones, new businesses replace existing businesses, and new skills make old ones irrelevant is referred to as:
A) business development. B) creative destruction. C) globalization. D) liberalization.