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3. Utilizing T-accounts for all relevant actors, answer the following questions,
a. If the FED buys a $10,000 treasury bill from Carlos Slim and he deposits the money in his bank, what happens to reserves and the monetary base?
b. If instead Carlos Slim deposits $5,000 in his bank and cashes in the remaining $5,000, what happens to reserves and the monetary base?
a) If the FED buys a $10,000 treasury bill from Carlos Slim and he deposits the money in his bank then
Carlos Slim T-account
Assets | Liabilities |
Securities -($10000) | |
checkable deposits $10000 |
Bank T-account
Assets | Liabilities |
Reserves $10000 | checkable deposits $10000 |
FED T-account
Assets | Liabilities |
Securities $10000 | Reserves $10000 |
Monetary Base= reserves + currency
If a person deposit whole amount in bank then reserves are inreases by $10000 and it cause Monetary Base to increase as well by the same amount.
b) If instead Carlos Slim deposits $5,000 in his bank and cashes in the remaining $5,000 then
Carlos Slim T-account
Assets | Liabilities |
Securities -($10000) | |
checkable deposits $5000 | |
currency $5000 |
Bank T-account
Assets | Liabilities |
Reserves $5000 | checkable deposits $5000 |
FED T-account
Assets | Liabilities |
Securities $10000 | Reserves $5000 |
currency $5000 |
If a person deposit whole amount in bank then reserves are inreases by $5000 and currency is also increases by $5000 and it cause Monetary Base to increase as well by the amount $10000.