An open-market purchase by the Federal Reserve withdraws excess reserves from the banking system and causes the money supply to contract.
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Q217: Excess reserves equal total reserves plus required
Q218: The required reserves of a bank are
Q219: Exhibit 19-4 Balance sheet of Tucker National Bank
Q220: Exhibit 19-7 Lower Walloon National Bank
Q221: In a system in which all banks
Q223: Most of the Fed's assets are held
Q224: In a simplified banking system, the money
Q225: The required reserve ratio is required reserves
Q226: The money supply will not increase if
Q227: A lower discount rate discourages banks from
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