A bank's assets consist of $1,000,000 in total reserves, $2,100,000 in loans, and a building worth $1,200,000 . Its liabilities and capital consist of $3,000,000 in demand deposits and $1,300,000 in capital. If the required reserve ratio is 10 percent, what is the level of the bank's excess reserves? How much could it loan out as a result?

a. $700,000; $700,000
b. $700,000; $7,000,000
c. $300,000; $300,000
d. $300,000; $3,000,000

a

Economics

You might also like to view...

If a corporation goes bankrupt, bondholders have ________ on the firm's assets

A) second claim, after stockholders, B) no claim C) first claim D) third claim, after the IRS and stockholders,

Economics

A given supply curve illustrates

A) the relationship between price and quantity supplied. B) the effect of a change in resource costs on quantity supplied. C) the effect of a change in technology on quantity supplied. D) the relationship between expected future prices and quantity supplied.

Economics