If the Fed were to raise the required reserve ratio,
A) excess reserves would decrease.
B) excess reserves would increase.
C) there would be no effect on the level of excess reserves.
D) there would tend to be no effect on the nation's money supply.
A
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Suppose that you deposit $2,000 in your bank and the required reserve ratio is 10 percent. The maximum loan your bank can made as a direct result of your deposit is
A) $200. B) $1,800. C) $2,000. D) $20,000.
A farmer uses M units of machinery and L hours of labor to produce C tons of corn, with the following production function C = L0.5M0.75. This production function exhibits
A) decreasing returns to scale for all output levels B) constant returns to scale for all output levels C) increasing returns to scale for all output levels D) no clear pattern of returns to scale
One reads the following in a newspaper: "Today the president and Congress agreed to impose new restrictive quotas on Japanese cars coming into the country." As a result, an economist would predict that the
A) supply of cars in the country will remain the same and the (average) price of cars will fall. B) supply of cars in the country will fall and the (average) price of cars will rise. C) supply of cars in the country will rise and the (average) price of cars will fall. D) demand for cars in the country will fall and the (average) price of cars will rise. E) demand for cars in the country will rise and the (average) price of cars will rise.
An increase in accrued wages during the accounting period represents an increase in cash.
a. true b. false