Suppose that the Fed undertakes an open market purchase of $5 million worth of securities from a bank. If the required reserve ratio is 12%, what is the resulting change in checkable deposits (or the money supply), assuming that there are no cash leakages and that banks hold zero excess reserves?

A) $4.17 million
B) $7.95 million
C) $5.68 million
D) $41.67 million

D

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