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In Central Banks lecture note Money creation and control 4, suppose that the transaction changes to the following: the Fed. decides to reduce money supply

In "Central Banks" lecture note "Money creation and control 4", suppose that the transaction changes to the following: the Fed. decides to reduce money supply by selling $0.5 M TBills to each of Bank X and Bank Y. Bank X uses FRnotes to purchase TBills while Bank Y uses its reserve at the Fed to purchase TBills. Fill out the balance sheets after transactions (note: the initial balance sheet is before Money creation and control 4, slide 30, which is also provided below) and calculate M0 and M1.

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The Fed Assets Building 1M TBills 4M Liab. Bank X's Deposit 1M Bank Y's Deposit 1M FR notes 2M Capital 1M Bank X Assets Building 1M FRnotes 1M Reserve 1M A's Loan 1.5M Liab. A's Deposit 3M Loan from Bank Y 0.5M Capital 1M Bank Y Assets Building 1M Reserve 1M Loan to Bank X 0.5M Liab. B's Deposit 1.5M Capital 1M Person A Assets Deposit at Bank X 3M FRnotes 1M House 1.5M Liab. Loan from Bank X 1.5M Capital 4M Person B Assets Deposit at Bank Y 1.5M Liab. 0 Capital 1.5M

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