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The government of Eastlandia uses measures of monetary aggregates similar to those used by the United States, and the central bank of Eastlandia imposes a required reserve ratio of 10%. Given the following information, answer the questions below. Bank deposits at the central bank = $200 million Currency held by public = $150 million Currency in bank vaults = $100 million Checkable bank deposits = $500 million Traveler's checks = $10 million Can the commercial banks increase checkable bank deposits? If yes, by how much can checkable bank deposits increase?
Commercial banks can increase deposits by an additional $3,000 million.
Commercial banks can increase deposits by an additional $2,500 million.
Since the commercial banks are not holding excess reserves, they cannot increase deposits.