Suppose the banking system has no excess reserves, a reserve requirement ratio of 10%, and $50 billion of required reserves. What is the total checkable deposits in the banking system?

A. $50 billion
B. $500 billion
C. $450 billion
D. $550 billion


B. $500 billion

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Suppose Colombia joins a trade bloc formed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Before joining the trade bloc, the Colombian government has a tariff of 30 percent on imported meat, and Colombia's imports of 40,000 tons of meat came exclusively from the United States. The United States sold meat at a price of $2,000 per ton in the international market. After joining the trade bloc, Colombia switched to importing meat from the other member countries at a price of $2,100 per ton. Its imports increased to 50,000 tons. Calculate the amount of trade creation and trade diversion as a result of this change. For this product, did Colombia gain economic well-being from joining the trade bloc? If so, then how much? If not, then what is the minimum amount that Colombian imports of meat would

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