Questions from Managerial Economics


Q: Use the following information to determine the Fed’s balance sheet and calculate

Use the following information to determine the Fed’s balance sheet and calculate the Fed’s monetary liabilities: Currency in circulation = $750 billion Reserves of the banking system = $850 billion Se...

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Q: Use the Fed and the banking system T-accounts to describe

Use the Fed and the banking system T-accounts to describe the effects of a Fed sale of $200 million worth of government bonds to a bank that pays with part of its reserves held at the Fed. What would...

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Q: Some developing countries have suffered banking crises in which depositors lost part

Some developing countries have suffered banking crises in which depositors lost part or all of their deposits (in some countries there is no deposit insurance). This type of crisis decreases depositor...

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Q: Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and

Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on population and GDP per capita for the following countries, with data codes provided in the table below. a) For each country, calcu...

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Q: : Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database,

Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on real personal consumption expenditures (PCECCA) and a measure of real interest rates, the 10-year treasury inflation-indexed securi...

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Q: The Federal Reserve announced the closing of many lending facilities, like

The Federal Reserve announced the closing of many lending facilities, like the term auction facility (TAF), that were originally created to extend loans to financial intermediaries during the most dif...

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Q: Suppose the Federal Reserve conducts an open market purchase for $100

Suppose the Federal Reserve conducts an open market purchase for $100 million. Assuming the required reserves ratio is 10%, what would be the effect on the money supply in each of the following situat...

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Q: Under very particular conditions, banks would like to borrow from the

Under very particular conditions, banks would like to borrow from the Fed and, rather than use these borrowed funds to make loans, keep them in the form of excess reserves. What would be the effect on...

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Q: Calculate the money multiplier for the following values of the currency,

Calculate the money multiplier for the following values of the currency, excess reserves, and required reserves ratios (i.e., complete the following table), and explain why the money multiplier decrea...

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Q: During the Great Depression years of 1930– 1933, bank panics

During the Great Depression years of 1930– 1933, bank panics led to a dramatic rise in the currency and excess reserves ratios, while the monetary base rose by 20%. Explain how banks’ and depositors’...

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