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Scenario: Money Supply Changes
The reserve requirement is 10% and Jack withdraws $5,000 travel money from his checkable deposit. Assume that banks do not hold any excess reserves and that the public holds no currency, only checkable bank deposits.
-(Scenario: Money Supply Changes) Look at the scenario Money Supply Changes. As a result of the withdrawal, required reserves _____ by _____.

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When Jack withdraws $5,000 from his checkable deposit, the bank's required reserves decrease by $500 (10% of $5,000) since the reserve requirement is 10%. Therefore, the correct answer is option D, which states that required reserves decrease by $500.

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