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The reserve ratio is 20 percent. The Fed buys $1 million in government securities from a bond dealer by transmitting the funds to the dealer's deposit account at Bank A Bank A loans the maximum amount possible to a construction company, which buys materials from a lumber yard. The lumberyard deposits the construction company's check in Bank B. What is the maximum loan Bank A can now make and the maximum loan Bank B can now make?

A) Bank A: 0; Bank B: $640,000 B) Bank A: 0; Bank B: $800,000 C) Bank A: $800,000; Bank B: $640,000 D) Bank A: $800,000; Bank B: 0

Which of the following statements about the FDIC is correct?

I. The deposit insurance premiums charged by the FDIC to a member bank fully reflect the riskiness of that bank's assets II. The manner in which the FDIC is set up helps protect depository institutions from the rigors of true market competition A) I only B) II only C) Both I and II D) Neither I nor II