An Increase in the Excess Reserves Banks Want to Hold

question 154

Multiple Choice

An increase in the excess reserves banks want to hold, together with people depositing currency into their demand deposit accounts, would:

• A)​increase the money supply.
• B)​decrease the money supply.
• C)​leave the money supply unchanged.
• D)​have an indeterminate effect on the money supply.

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