1)Prior to the dual banking system, the U.S. banking system
included:
A. National banks that used a
national currency B. A powerful central
bank responsible for money and credit in the economy
C. a state banking
system C. a state banking
system
2)Financial innovation in the banking industry often occurs in
response to changes in financial markets, the regulatory
environment, or new technology. The following questions consider
how banks respond to various conditions in the banking
industry. Money-market mutual funds allowed individuals
to avoid...
Assume the banking system has $200 billion in
reserves, that required reserves are 5% of checking deposits, that
banks hold no excess reserves, and that households hold no
currency.
1) What is the money multiplier?
2) What is the money supply?
3) Assume the Fed increases the required reserves to
10% of deposits. What are the changes in reserves and in the money
supply?
A. The banking system currently holds $20 billion in required
reserves and zero excess reserves. The Fed lowers the required
reserve ratio from 15 percent to 12.5 percent. Assuming that there
are no cash leakages, the resulting change in checkable deposits
(or the money supply) is approximately
$2.7 billion.
$1.5 billion.
$2.0 billion.
$12.5 billion.
$26.6 billion.
B.
Which of the following Fed actions will decrease the money
supply?
an open market purchase of Treasury bills
an increase in the...
there are various types of financial institutions offering deposit
service. As a banking student discuss 5 factors that will influence
your choice of suitable deposit institution
Please discuss the role of the Federal Reserve Bank in the U.S.
banking system. Describe the Fractional Reserve System and the
Federal Reserve Bank’s involvement in it.
1. The banking system currently has $200 billion of reserves,
none of which are excess. People hold only deposits and no
currency, and the reserve requirement is 4 percent. If the Fed
raises the reserve requirement to 10 percent and at the same time
buys $50 billion worth of bonds, then by how much does the money
supply change?
a. It rises by $600 billion.
b. It rises by $125 billion.
c. It falls by $2,500 billion.
d. None of...
Please discuss the various types of
international banking offices. Also, why does this process often
lead to the creation of interest rate risk? What is interest rate
risk? How can the company hedge this risk?