Thursday, April 7, 2016

Unit 4 - FED/Multiple Deposit Expansion (3-10-16)

Federal Reserve Bank (FED)

Functions of FED:
  • issues paper money
  • sets reserve requirements and holds reserves of the bank
  • lends money to banks and charges them interest
  • they're a check clearing service for banks
  • acts as a personal bank for the government
  • supervises member banks
  • control money supply

Multiple Deposit Expansion

Reserve Requirement: 
  • the % of Demand Deposits that must not be loaned out
  • usually 10%, no more
  • amount set by the FED
  • FED requires banks to always have money available for consumer demand for cash

Three Types of Multiple Deposit Expansion Question
  1. Calculate initial change in excess reserves (amount a single bank can loan from initial deposit)
  2. Calculate the change in loans in banking system
  3. Calculate change in money supply 

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