If a Bank Has $200,000 of Checkable Deposits,a Required Reserve

question 73

Multiple Choice

If a bank has $200,000 of checkable deposits,a required reserve ratio of 20 percent,and it holds $80,000 in reserves,then the maximum deposit outflow it can sustain without altering its balance sheet is

• A)$50,000.
• B)$40,000.
• C)$30,000.
• D)$25,000.

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