In: Economics
A bank has $255 million in total reserves, of which $11 million are excess reserves. The bank currently has $3 comma 667 million in loans, $1,000 million in securities, and $131 million in other assets. The required reserve ratio for transactions deposits is 10 percent.
Calculate the sum of this bank's total amount of liabilities and net worth
Calculate the additional amount of loans this bank can make to households and firms.
Calculate the current quantity of transactions deposits at this bank
Part 1
Calculate Total assets -
Total assets = Total reserves + Loans + Securities + Other assets
Total assets = $255 million + $3,667 million + $1,000 million + $131 million
Total assets = $5,053 million
The total assets is $5,053 million
The total assets equals the sum of the total amount of liabilities and net worth.
So,
The sum of this bank's total amount of liabilities and net worth is $5,053 million.
Part 2
A bank can make loan up to the excess reserves it held.
The excess reserves with bank are $11 million.
Thus,
The additional amount of loans this bank can make to households and firms is $11 million.
Part 3
Total reserves = $255 million
Excess reserves = $11 million
Required reserves = Total reserves - Excess reserves
Required reserves = $255 million - $11 million
Required reserves = $244 million
Required reserve ratio = 10% or 0.10
Calculate the quantity of transaction deposits -
Transaction deposits = Required reserves/Required reserve ratio
Transaction deposits = $244 million/0.10 = $2,440 million
Thus,
The current quantity of transactions deposits at this bank is $2,440 million.