If the reserve requirement is 20% and commercial bankers decide to hold additional excess reserves equal to 5% of any newly acquired checkable deposits, then the effective monetary multiplier for the banking system will be

A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 5.
D. 6.

Answer: B

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If a country can, with a single unit of labor, produce more of both clothing and computers than another country, then the first country has

A. a comparative advantage in both goods. B. an absolute advantage in both goods. C. an absolute advantage in one good and a comparative advantage in the other. D. both a comparative and absolute advantage in both goods.

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