If currency ratio is 0.10, required reserves ratio is 0.1, excess reserves ratio is 0.05, the Fed buys $300,000 in securities from the public and they withdraw 50 % of it in cash, what happens to reserves, the monetary base, and the money supply after the change has worked its way through the entire banking system? Use T-accounts to explain your answer.

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If currency ratio is 0.10, required reserves ratio is 0.1, excess reserves ratio is 0.05, the Fed buys $300,000 in securities from the public and they withdraw 50 % of it in cash, what happens to reserves, the monetary base, and the money supply after the change has worked its way through the entire banking system? Use T-accounts to explain your answer.

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