If the required reserve ratio is 10 percent, currency in circulation is $400 billion, checkable deposits are $1000 billion, and excess reserves total $1 billion, then the money supply is ________ billion
A) $10,000
B) $4000
C) $1400
D) $10,400
C
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A) the value of government spending and how efficiently we produce goods and services. B) how efficiently we produce goods and services and the value of non-market production. C) the value of non-market production and the consequences of an unequal distribution of income. D) the consequences of an unequal distribution of income and the value of government spending.
If a central bank were required to target inflation at zero, then when there was an unanticipated decrease in aggregate demand the central bank
a. would have to increase the money supply. This would move unemployment closer to the natural rate. b. would have to increase the money supply. This would move unemployment further from the natural rate. c. would have to decrease the money supply. This would move unemployment closer to the natural rate. d. would have to decrease the money supply. This would move unemployment further from the natural rate.