The reserve ratio is 20 percent. After the Fed buys $1 million in U.S. government securities from a bond dealer by transmitting the funds to the dealer?s deposit account at Bank A, Bank A lends a construction company an amount equal to its excess reserves. The construction company spends the entire amount on lumber from a lumber yard, which deposits the construction company?s check in its deposit account with Bank A. The maximum loan Bank A can now make is
A) $0.
B) $640,000.
C) $800,000.
D) $1 million.
Answer: B) $640,000.
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