When a customer deposits $1,000 in a bank, the deposit is:
a. an asset of the Federal Reserve

b. included in M1 if it is currently in a commercial bank's vault.
c. a liability to the customer.
d. an asset to a commercial bank if it is currently in the bank's vault.
e. a liability for the bank as the bank owes it to the customer.

e

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