Based on the Information in the Table, What Quantity of Reserves

question 32

Multiple Choice

Based on the information in the table, what quantity of reserves would the Federal Reserve have had to inject into the economy in 1932 to prevent the money supply from falling, given that the public increased the amount of currency it held and that banks increased the reserve-deposit ratio?

• A)$0.30 billion
• B)$0.66 billion
• C)$0.89 billion
• D)$3.54 billion

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