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4. Use T-accounts to show the effect of the following on the balance sheets of the Fed and the banking system: a. The Fed increases discount loans by $2 billion. b. The Fed sells $2 billion Treasury securities to a bank.
| Fed and Banking System | |||
| Discount Loan | |||
| Account's tittle | Debit $ | Account's tittle | Credit $ | 
| Cash | 2,000,000 | ||
| Balance | 2,000,000 | ||
| TOTAL | 2,000,000 | TOTAL | 2,000,000 | 
| Treasury Securities | |||
| Account's tittle | Debit $ | Account's tittle | Credit $ | 
| Cash | 2,000,000 | ||
| Balance | 2,000,000 | ||
| TOTAL | 2,000,000 | TOTAL | 2,000,000 | 
| Cash | |||
| Account's tittle | Debit $ | Account's tittle | Credit $ | 
| Treasury Securities | 2,000,000 | Discount Loan | 2,000,000 | 
| TOTAL | 2,000,000 | TOTAL | 2,000,000 |