A bank has $10,000 in excess reserves and the required reserve ratio is 20 percent. This means the bank could have __________ in checkable deposit liabilities and __________ in total reserves
A) $80,000, $10,000
B) $100,000, $20,000
C) $50,000, $25,000
D) $100,000, $30,000
D
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A. less than B. the same as C. more than D. an amount unrelated to what
The host at a party offers Justin a sixth beer. Justin says, “No thanks, man. The marginal utility of that fifth beer was, like, 20 cents, but the marginal utility of the sixth would be minus 10 cents.” If Justin consumes the sixth beer, his total utility will
A. rise by 10 cents. B. reach a plateau and remain constant. C. fall by 10 cents. D. fall below his marginal utility.
Refer to Table 9-4. Assume the market basket for the consumer price index has two products — meat and potatoes — with the following values in 2011 and 2016 for price and quantity: The Consumer Price Index for 2016 equals
A) 125. B) 129. C) 135. D) 141.
In Hong Kong, the monetary authority can only increase the monetary base if they accumulate more U.S. dollars because:
A. the monetary authority in Hong Kong operates a currency board where its sole objective is to fix the exchange rate between its currency and the U.S. dollar. B. Hong Kong has received substantial funding from the U.S. Treasury and the loans were conditional on maintaining the value of the Hong Kong currency. C. the currency of Hong Kong is the U.S. dollar. D. the IMF required Hong Kong to peg its currency to the U.S. dollar in order to obtain a loan.