How is the money supply related to planning investment and government deficit spending?

What will be an ideal response?


Absent a change in velocity, an increase in the money supply is necessary to give businesses or the government the means to increase their spending. Borrowing from the bank for increased investments or government deficit spending tends to bring about an increase in money supply by leading the bank to create demand deposits.

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Economics

Explain why a bank with a high debt-to-equity ratio may be more profitable than a bank with a lower ratio but would also have a higher level of risk.

What will be an ideal response?

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