If a bank's reserve ratio is increasing,

A. reserves must be increasing.
B. the rate of change in deposits must exceed the rate of change in reserves.
C. deposits must be decreasing.
D. the rate of change in reserves must exceed the rate of change in deposits.


Answer: D

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