Refer to the given data. The commercial banking system has excess reserves of:





Answer the question on the basis of the following consolidated balance sheet of the

commercial banking system. Assume that the reserve requirement is 10 percent. All figures

are in billions and each question should be answered independently of changes specified in

any preceding ones.



A.  $10 billion.

B.  $5 billion.

C.  $2 billion.

D.  zero.


D.  zero.

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