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Assume that $1.4 million is deposited into a bank with a reserve requirement of 15 percent.
Instructions: Round your answer to two decimal places.
a. What is the money supply as a result?
b. If the government decides to raise the reserve requirement to 20 percent, what is the value of the money supply in this case?
Solution:-
Reserve requirement and money supply:
a. Calculating the change in the money supply:
Deposit in a bank = $1.4 million
Reserve requirement = 15%
Money multiplier = 1 / Reserve requirement
= 1 / 0.15
= 6.666 = 6.67
Therefore increase in money supply = $(6.67*1.40) million
= $ 9.338 million
(B). New change in money supply:
Deposit in bank = $1.4 million
Reserve requirement = 20% = 0.20
Money multiplier = 1 / reserve requirement
= 1 / 0.20
= 5
Therefore increase in money supply = $(5 * 1.40) million = $ 7 million