Required reserves for a commercial bank
A) are only the money used by the bank tellers.
B) are only the reserves required to be held in the bank's vault.
C) consist only of deposits at the Fed.
D) are the reserves a bank is legally required to hold to back its deposits.

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Required reserves for a commercial bank are the reserves a bank is legally required to hold to back its deposits. These reserves can be held either as deposits at the Federal Reserve or as vault cash.

Required Reserves for a Commercial Bank