A commercial bank sells a $10,000 government bond to a securities dealer. The dealer pays for the bond in cash, which the bank adds to its vault cash. The money supply has
A) decreased by $10,000 multiplied by the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio.
B) decreased by $10,000.
C) increased by $10,000.
D) not been affected.
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