You take $100 you had kept under your mattressand deposit it in your bank account. If this $100stays in the banking system as reserves and if bankshold reserves equal to 10 percent of deposits, byhow much does the total amount of deposits in thebanking system increase? By how much does themoney supply increase?

You take $100 you had kept under your mattressand deposit it in your bank account. If this $100stays in the banking system as reserves and if bankshold reserves equal to 10 percent of deposits, byhow much does the total amount of deposits in thebanking system increase? By how much does themoney supply increase?

Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337091985

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter11: The Monetary System

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 5PA

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