If the required reserve ratio is 10 percent, currency in circulation is $400 billion, checkable deposits are $1000 billion, and excess reserves total $1 billion, then the monetary base is

A) $400 billion.
B) $401 billion.
C) $500 billion.
D) $501 billion.


D

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