Suppose the Federal Reserve System has a required reserve ratio of 0.10 and there are no excess reserves in the system. If the Open Market Committee buys $50 million of securities from the commercial banking system, the total lending capacity for the system
A. Increases by $500 million.
B. Decreases by $500 million.
C. Decreases by $50 million.
D. Increases by $50 million.
Answer: A
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