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Scenario 11-1 A Bank's Assets Consist of $500 000 in Total Reserves

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Scenario 11-1
A bank's assets consist of $500 000 in total reserves, $1 600 000 in loans, and a building worth $1 200 000. Its liabilities and capital consist of $2 000 000 in demand deposits and $1 300 000 in capital.
-Refer to Scenario 11-1.If the desired reserve ratio is 30 percent,what is the level of the bank's excess reserves?


A) Excess reserves are $500 000.
B) Excess reserves are $50 000.
C) Excess reserves are zero.
D) The bank has insufficient reserves to meet its desired reserve requirements.

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