The legal reserve requirement is the
a. actual amount of reserves that banks must hold
b. excess amount of reserves that a bank must hold
c. minimum amount of reserves the Fed requires a bank to hold
d. total amount of reserves that banks hold at all times
e. maximum amount of reserves that banks can hold to remain liquid
C
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A single bank is severely limited in its ability to create money because: a. the FDIC will not permit it to create money unless the Resolution Trust Corporation guarantees the loans. b. loan recipients usually take the proceeds of the loan in cash
c. the funds loaned probably will be deposited in another bank. d. recent federal legislation prohibits banks from creating money except to finance international trade.
A monopolist is currently hiring 5,000 units of labor. At this level, the marginal revenue of output is $10, the (fixed) wage rate is $300, and the marginal product of labor is 50. In order to maximize profit, the firm should
A. hire more labor because the next unit of labor increases profit by $500. B. hire more labor because the next unit of labor increases profit by $200. C. hire less labor because the last unit of labor added more to total cost ($300) than to total revenue ($10). D. keep the level of employment the same because the firm is earning a profit of $100,000.