Consider an open market purchase by the Fed of $11 billion of Treasury bonds. What is the impact of the purchase on the bank from which the Fed bought the securities?   The bank’s securities  (Click to select)  fall  rise  by $11 billion and its reserves  (Click to select)  fall  rise  by $11 billion.   Compute the impact on M1 assuming that: (1) the required reserve ratio is 5 percent; (2) the bank does not wish to hold excess reserves; and (3) the public does not wish to hold currency.   The simple deposit multiplier will be:  .

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Consider an open market purchase by the Fed of $11 billion of Treasury bonds. What is the impact of the purchase on the bank from which the Fed bought the securities?

 

The bank’s securities  (Click to select)  fall  rise  by $11 billion and its reserves  (Click to select)  fall  rise  by $11 billion.

 

Compute the impact on M1 assuming that: (1) the required reserve ratio is 5 percent; (2) the bank does not wish to hold excess reserves; and (3) the public does not wish to hold currency.

 

The simple deposit multiplier will be:  .

 

The value of deposits (and M1) will  (Click to select)  rise  fall  by $  billion.

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