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Suppose the reserve requirement is currently 20%. Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. a. Assume Second Bank has deposits of $300 million. Calculate the required reserves for Second Bank. $ million b. At the end of the day, Second Bank has $65 million of reserves. Will Second Bank be a borrower or lender in the federal funds market? Second Bank will reserves of $ million in the federal funds market.

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Answer:

a.) required reserves = $60 million

b.) Since second bank has reserve of $65 million but needed only $60 million so the bank can LEND reserves of $5 million in the federal funds market.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1. Given information.

  • Reserve requirement 20%
  • Second bank has deposits of 300 million.
  • At the end second bank has $65 million.
  • Only need $60 million.

Step 2. Formulas needed to solve the exercise.

Required reserves = reserve requirement * deposits Second Bank

Step 3. Calculation and Step 4. Solution.

a.) required reserves = (20/100) x $300 million = $60 million

b.) Since second bank has reserve of $65 million but needed only $60 million so the bank can LEND reserves of $5 million in the federal funds market.

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