If the required reserve ratio is 20 percent and the Fed buys a $10,000 security from a depository institution that currently has no excess reserves, the money supply:
a. decreases by $10,000.
b. increases by $5,000

c. decreases by $5,000.
d. increases by $50,000.
e. decreases by $50,000.


d

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