The Federal Reserve buys $38.00 million in Treasury securities. If the required reserve ratio is 30.00%, and all currency is deposited into the banking system, and banks hold excess reserves of 10%, then the maximum amount the money supply can increase is $_______ million.

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Answer:

$95 million

Explanation:

When the Feds buys securities, it is an expansionary monetary policy

Expansionary monetary policy : these are polices taken in order to increase money supply. When money supply increases, aggregate demand increases. reducing interest rate and open market purchase are ways of carrying out expansionary monetary policy

Required reserves is the percentage of deposits required of banks to keep as reserves by the central bank

Required reserves = reserve requirement x deposits

Excess reserves is the extra that it kept by banks

Money supply = deposit / total reserves

total reserves = 30 + 10 = 40%

total increase in money supply = $38 / 0.4 = $95 million