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You earn $500 a month,currently have $200 in currency,$100 in your checking account,$2,000 in your savings accounts,$3,000 worth of illiquid assets and $1,000 of debt.Using the M1 measure of money,you have


A) money = $2,300, annual income = $6,000, and wealth = $5,000.
B) money = $300, annual income = $6,000, and wealth = $4,300.
C) money = $200, annual income = $500, and wealth = $4,300.
D) money = $300, annual income = $6,000, and wealth = $5,000.

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According to the quantity theory of money,if the money supply grows at 6%,real GDP grows at 2%,and the velocity of money is constant,then the inflation rate will be


A) 8%.
B) 6%.
C) 4%.
D) 2%.

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The ________ the reserve ratio,the ________ the money multiplier.


A) smaller; smaller
B) smaller; larger
C) larger; larger
D) None of the above are correct.

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If households and firms decide to hold less of their money in checking account deposits and more in currency,then initially,the money supply


A) will not change.
B) will increase.
C) will decrease.
D) may increase or decrease.

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According to the quantity theory of money,the inflation rate equals


A) the money supply minus real output.
B) the growth rate of the money supply minus the growth rate of real output.
C) real output minus the money supply.
D) the growth rate of real output minus the growth rate of the money supply.

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Which of the following tools of monetary policy is used least often?


A) open market operations
B) setting the required reserve ratio
C) setting the discount rate
D) acting as a lender of last resort

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The M2 measure of the money supply equals


A) savings account balances plus small-denomination time deposits plus traveler's checks.
B) savings account balances plus small-denomination time deposits plus noninstitutional money market fund shares.
C) M1 plus savings account balances plus small-denomination time deposits.
D) M1 plus savings account balances plus small-denomination time deposits plus noninstitutional money market fund shares.

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Which of the following is not a consequence of hyperinflation?


A) Money's function as a medium of exchange is enhanced.
B) Money loses value so rapidly that firms and individuals stop holding it.
C) It causes an economy to suffer slow growth.
D) The price level grows in excess of hundreds of percentage points per year.

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Table 16-2  Assets  Liabilities  Reserves +$8,000 Deposits +$8,000\begin{array}{|c|c|}\hline \text { Assets } & \text { Liabilities } \\\hline \text { Reserves }+\$ 8,000 & \text { Deposits }+\$ 8,000 \\\hline\end{array} -Refer to Table 16-2.Suppose a transaction changes a bank's balance sheet as indicated in the following T-account,and the required reserve ratio is 10 percent.As a result of the transaction,the bank can make a maximum loan of


A) $0.
B) $800.
C) $7,200.
D) $8,000.

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Credit card balances are


A) part of M1.
B) part of M2.
C) part of M3.
D) not part of the money supply.

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The statement "This Dell laptop costs $1,200" illustrates which function of money?


A) medium of exchange
B) unit of account
C) store of value
D) standard of deferred payment

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According to the quantity theory of money,if the money supply grows at 20 percent and real GDP grows at 5 percent,then the inflation rate will be


A) 15 percent.
B) 20 percent.
C) 25 percent.
D) 100 percent.

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In an attempt to bring lenders and borrowers together following the financial crisis of 2008,the Federal Reserve made a large amount of new funds available to financial markets.Any of these new funds that were obtained by banks but were not loaned out would be classified as ________ of the banks.


A) required reserves
B) excess reserves
C) deposits
D) liabilities

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If a bank receives a $1 million discount loan from the Federal Reserve,then the bank's reserves will


A) not change.
B) increase by $1 million.
C) increase by less than $1 million.
D) increase by more than $1 million.

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To increase the money supply,the Federal Reserve could


A) lower the discount rate.
B) decrease income taxes.
C) raise the required reserve ratio.
D) conduct an open market sale of Treasury securities.

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Suppose Warren Buffet withdraws $1 million from his checking account at Chase Bank.If the required reserve ratio is 20 percent,what is the maximum change in deposits in the banking system?


A) -$5 million
B) -$4 million
C) -$200,000
D) $1 million
E) $5 million

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Suppose a bank has $100,000 in checking account deposits with no excess reserves and the required reserve ratio is 5 percent.If the Federal Reserve lowers the required reserve ratio to 3 percent,then the bank will now have excess reserves of


A) $0.
B) $2,000.
C) $3,000.
D) $5,000.

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Which of the following is a true statement?


A) excess reserves = actual reserves - required reserves
B) excess reserves = deposits - required reserves
C) excess reserves = deposits - loans
D) excess reserves = loans - required reserves

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Banks can continue to make loans until their


A) actual reserves equal their required reserves.
B) excess reserves equal their required reserves.
C) actual reserves equal their excess reserves.
D) actual reserves equal their checking account balances.

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A cash withdrawal from the banking system


A) decreases reserves.
B) decreases deposits.
C) decreases excess reserves.
D) All of the above are correct.

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