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The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets 10th Edition by Frederic Mishkin

Edition 10ISBN: 978-0132763646
book The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets 10th Edition by Frederic Mishkin cover

The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets 10th Edition by Frederic Mishkin

Edition 10ISBN: 978-0132763646
Exercise 21
Unless otherwise noted, the following assumptions are made in all questions: The required reserve ratio on checkable deposits is 10%, banks do not hold any excess reserves, and the public's holdings of currency do not change.
If reserves in the banking system increase by $1 billion because the Fed lends $ 1 billion to financial institutions, and checkable deposits increase by $9 billion, why isn't the banking system in equilibrium? What will continue to happen in the banking system until equilibrium is reached? Show the T-account for the banking system in equilibrium.
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