A bank reports reserves of $100,000, government securities of $50,000, loans of $750,000, and checkable deposits of $900,000. The desired reserve ratio is 10 percent. What is the amount of excess reserves for this bank? Show your work

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Excess reserves equal the actual reserves minus the desired reserves. The actual reserves are $100,000. The bank wants to keep 10 percent of its checkable deposits as reserves, so the desired reserves are ($900,000 ) × 0.10 = $90,000. So excess reserves equal $100,000 - $90,000 = $10,000.