2. Suppose the reserve requirement ratio on banks is 10%, households/firms do not hold any currency (ie., cr=0), and banks do not hold any excess reserves (i.e., rr-10%). a) Suppose the Fed conducts an open market purchase of $100 government bonds from the banking system. Reflect the immediate impact of this open market operation in the balance sheets below. Also reflect the changes in the balance sheet of the banking system due to the money multiplier process. (Put + or -, and appropriate number, to reflect the changes. Leave the unchanged entries as blank.). Federal Reserve Banking System Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities Securities Currency Reserves Deposits Loans to banks Reserves Securities Borrowing Loans to HH/firms Bank capital Total assets Total liab. Total assets Total liab. b) How much did the monetary base and the level of the money supply change as a result of the open market operation in part (a)? What is the money multiplier? Explain. c) Suppose now the Fed, as part of its "Quantitative Easing" policy, conducts an open market purchase of $500 long-term mortgage-backed securities (MBS) from the banking system. Furthermore, assume that banks decide to hold $400 of excess reserves following the QE policy. Reflect the immediate impact of this open market operation in the balance sheets below. Also reflect the changes in the balance sheet of the banking system due to the money multiplier process. (Put + or, and appropriate number, to reflect the changes. Leave the unchanged entries as blank.). Federal Reserve Banking System Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities Securities Loans to banks Currency Reserves Reserves Securities Deposits Borrowing Loans to HH/firms Total assets Total liab. Total assets Bank capital Total liab.