Exhibit 13-1
Bank
Increase in Checkable Deposits
New Required Reserves
New Checkable Deposits Created by Extending New Loans
A$0
$0
$1,000
B
$1,000
(A)
(B)
C
(C)
$90
(D)
D
$810
(E)
(F)
Assume that the required reserve ratio is 10%, that there are no cash leakages, and that banks hold zero excess reserves.
Refer to Exhibit 13-1. Suppose that the Federal Reserve conducts open market operations by purchasing $1,000 worth of government securities from Bank A. At the end of this process of money creation, what is the total amount of new checkable deposits?
a. $100,000
b. $10,000
c. $1,000
d. $1,000,000