If banks have no excess reserves, and the required reserve ratio is raised, the amount that banks can lend is:
A. reduced and the money supply contracts.
B. reduced and the money supply expands.
C. reduced and there is no change in the money supply.
D. increased and the money supply expands.
Answer: A
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