If bank depositors in the U.S. suddenly decided to withdraw in currency everything in their checking accounts, commercial banks would
A) be better off because their legally required reserves would decline.
B) be unable to meet their demands and would become insolvent.
C) borrow the required Federal Reserve notes to meet the requests for currency.
D) give them the currency held in their vaults as backing for the checking accounts.
E) refuse to honor their requests for 30 days.
C
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