If banks hold no excess reserves, checkable deposits total $1.5 billion, currency totals $400 million, and the required reserve ratio is 10%, then the monetary base equals

A) $550 million.
B) $1.54 billion.
C) $1.9 billion
D) $15 billion.


A

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A. Hire two engineers and one market researcher. B. Hire three engineers and four market researchers. C. Hire three engineers and two market researchers. D. Hire two engineers and three market researchers.

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A. overall risk. B. market risk. C. default risk. D. complete risk.

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In the graph shown above, if market price were $23 there would be


A. a surplus.
B. a shortage.
C. a surplus and a shortage.
D. neither a surplus nor a shortage.

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