Question 1. Assume Company X deposits $80,000.00 in cash in commercial bank Y. If no excess reserves exist at the time this deposit is made and the reserve ratio is 30%, then bank Y can increase the money supply by a maximum of ???
Question 2. If the required reserve ratio is 15% and commercial bankers decide to hold additional reserves equal to 10%, what would be the relevant deposit expansion multiplier??
Question 3. If (1) the current interest rate is 6%, (2) at 6% interest rate a business investment is $3 billion and at 4% business investment would be $5 billion, (3) the MPC is 0.75, and (4) the Fed buys securities and lowers the interest rate by 2%, what would happen to GDP?