If a $100 billion increase in investment spending creates $100 billion of new income in the first round of the multiplier process and $90 billion of new income in the second round, the multiplier in the economy is ( ).   Assume that you find a $20 bill under your mattress and deposit it into a chequing account. If the reserve ratio is 10% and banks lend all of their excess reserves. Then the maximum new money creation is ( ).

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If a $100 billion increase in investment spending creates $100 billion of new income in the first round of the multiplier process and $90 billion of new income in the second round, the multiplier in the economy is ( ).

 

Assume that you find a $20 bill under your mattress and deposit it into a chequing account. If the reserve ratio is 10% and banks lend all of their excess reserves. Then the maximum new money creation is ( ).

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