BSW Bank currently has $450 million in transaction deposits on its balance sheet
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BSW Bank currently has $450 million in transaction deposits on its balance sheet. The Federal Reserve has currently set the reserve requirement at 10 percent of transaction deposits.
If the Federal Reserve decreases the reserve requirement to 6 percent, show the balance sheet of BSW and the Federal Reserve System just before and after the full effect of the reserve requirement change. Assume BSW withdraws all excess reserves and gives out loans, and that borrowers eventually return all of these funds to BSW in the form of transaction deposits. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in millions rounded to the nearest dollar amount.)
Redo part (a) using a 12 percent reserve requirement. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in millions rounded to the nearest dollar amount.)
BSW Bank currently has $450 million in transaction deposits on its balance sheet. The Federal Reserve has currently set the reserve requirement at 10 percent of transaction deposits.
Explanation / Answer
a.
Panel A: Initial balance sheets (in millions)
Panel B: Balance sheet after all changes
New initial required reserves = 0.06 × $450 million = $27 million
Change in bank deposits = (1/0.06) × ($45 million $27 million) = $300 million
b.
Panel A: Initial balance sheets (in millions)
Panel B: Balance sheet after all changes
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