a) Explain how one bank creates money
b) how does the banking system creates money?
c) Define the money multiplier and explain why the
multipler is likely to overstate the actual Increase in the money
supply
How much money can Bank A create by making loans? How much money
can the banking system as a whole create? Show your detailed
calculation. What can you say about the relationship between the
required reserve ratio and money creation? Why do some banks hold a
part in excess reserves instead of loaning all excess reserves out?
What are some other ways that banks may use a portion of their
excess reserves?
textbook theory argued that the ability of banks to create loans
and deposits is constrained by the FED's 10% reserve requirement.
Heterodox economists have long argued that large banks are not
constrained by reserve requirements. The FED recently eliminated
the 10% reserve requirement on demand deposits.
1. Explain why the loan creating ability of large banks is not
constrained by reserve requirement.
2. What does constrain the loan creating ability of large
banks?
a) Explain what “capital adequacy” means.
-Capital adequacy is a ratio of the
bank's ability to hold sufficient capital to increase its bank
assets through additional loans while maintaining enough equity
capital to pay for depositors each time they demand money. The bank
records the ratio of equity capital to its financial report. It is
expressed as a percentage of assets in terms of equity capital. The
capital requirements required by national regulators tend to be
modest machine rules rather...
Open market operations alter the money supply by ___. A.
influencing banks' ability to make loans to individuals and
corporations B. adding currency to or withdrawing currency from
banks' vaults C. adding currency to or withdrawing currency from
the checking accounts of individuals and corporations D.
influencing banks' ability to make loans to the government E. none
of the above