Suppose Warren Buffet withdraws $1 million from his checking account at Chase Bank. If the required reserve ratio is 20 percent, what is the maximum change in deposits in the banking system?
A) -$5 million
B) -$4 million
C) -$200,000
D) $1 million
E) $5 million
Answer: A
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A) decreases bank reserves and the supply of money. B) decreases bank reserves but increases the supply of money. C) increases bank reserves and the supply of money. D) increases bank reserves but decreases the supply of money.
On a bar graph comparing a firm's economic profit with its accounting profit, it will always be TRUE that
A) explicit costs will be greater in the column representing accounting profit. B) explicit costs will be greater in the column representing economic profit. C) total revenue will be greater in the column depicting accounting profit. D) opportunity costs will be missing from the column depicting accounting profit.