If the Bank of Canada buys $1 million of bonds from the First National Bank, but an

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If the Bank of Canada buys $1 million of bonds from the First National Bank, but an additional 10% of any deposit is held as excess reserves, what is the total increase in chequable deposits? (Hint: Use T-accounts to show what happens at each step of the multiple expansion process.)


The desired reserve ratio on chequable deposits is 10%, banks do not hold any excess reserves, and the public’s holdings of currency do not change.

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The Economics of Money Banking and Financial Markets

ISBN: 978-0321785701

5th Canadian edition

Authors: Frederic S. Mishkin, Apostolos Serletis

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