Suppose that Third National Bank has reserves of $20,000 and checkable deposits of $100,000. The reserve ratio is 20 percent. The bank sells $5,000 insecurities to the Federal Reserve Bank in its district, receiving a $5,000 increase in reserves in return.  Instructions: Enter your answer as a whole number. What level of excess reserves does the bank now have?

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Suppose that Third National Bank has reserves of $20,000 and checkable deposits of $100,000. The reserve ratio is 20 percent. The bank sells $5,000 insecurities to the Federal Reserve Bank in its district, receiving a $5,000 increase in reserves in return. 

Instructions: Enter your answer as a whole number.

What level of excess reserves does the bank now have? 

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