If the Bank of Canada sells $2 million of bonds to Irving the Investor, who pays for
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If the Bank of Canada sells $2 million of bonds to Irving the Investor, who pays for the bonds with a briefcase filled with currency, what happens to reserves and the monetary base? Use T-accounts to explain your answer.
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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