If a bank uses $200 of excess reserves to make a new loan when the reserve ratio is 15 percent, this action by itself initially makes the money supply

a. and wealth increase by $200.
b. and wealth decrease by $200.
c. increase by $200 while wealth does not change.
d. decrease by $200 while wealth decreases by $200.

c

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