You take Rs. 400 you had kept under your mattress and deposit it in your bank account. If this Rs. 400 stays in the banking system as reserves and if banks hold reserves equal to 10 percent of deposits, ( A ) y how much does the total amount of deposits in the banking system increase? (B ) By how much does the money supply increase?

You take Rs. 400 you had kept under your mattress and deposit it in your bank account. If this Rs. 400 stays in the banking system as reserves and if banks hold reserves equal to 10 percent of deposits, ( A ) y how much does the total amount of deposits in the banking system increase? (B ) By how much does the money 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

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