Table 141
Monetary Aggregates of the U

$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline {\text { Item }} & \text { Amount } \\\hline \text { Cash held by public } & \$ 250 \text { billion } \\\hline \text { Transactions deposits } & \$ 1,000 \text { billion } \\\hline \text { Required reserves } & \$ 150 \text { billion } \\\hline \text { Excess reserves } & \$ \quad 0 \text { billion } \\\hline \text { U.S. bonds held by public } & \$ 1,000 \text { billion } \\\hline\end{array}$
Table 14.1
Monetary Aggregates of the U.S. Financial System Assume an original balance sheet: On the basis of the information in Table 14.1,the required reserve ratio is

A) 6.5 percent.
B) 10.0 percent.
C) 15.0 percent.
D) 20.0 percent.