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ECON 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Federal Funds Rate, Prime Rate, Bank Reserves

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6 Dec 2018
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UNL
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Economics
Course
ECON 211
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Laurie Miller

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Profit: makes loans and buys securities. Liquidity: having liquid assets to meet depositor needs, reduce bank risk. Conflicts between goals is resolved through the federal funs market. Banks hold legal or required reserves at the federal reserve. Banks sometimes have excess reserves that they lend to other banks on an overnight basis. The federal funds rate: the interest rate paid on overnight loans of temporary bank reserves. Assumptions: reserve ratio is 20, checkable deposit increases by . If bank has excess reserves, it will loan them. Initial created in loans by the end assuming it was continually loaned out. If excess reserves are and reserve ratio is 20%, then monetary multiplier. Money is created by the commercial banking system. Loans by banks increase the money supply. Repayment of loans decrease the money supply. Prime interest rate: interest rate a bank will charge their very best customers, usually commercial users.

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Related Questions

The money supply expansion process

Suppose First Main Street Bank, Second Republic Bank, and Third Fidelity Bank all have zero excess reserves. The required reserve ratio is 20%. The Federal Reserve buys a government bond worth $750,000 from Raphael, a client of First Main Street Bank. He deposits the money into his checking account at First Main Street Bank.

Complete the following to reflect any changes in First Main Street Bank's balance sheet (before the bank makes any new loans).

a) The Assets side of First Main Street Bank's balance sheet (before the bank makes any new loans), this (increases/decreases) First Main Street Bank's (building and furniture/net worth/checkable deposits/reserves/loans) by ($150,000/$600,000/$750,000/$1,800,000). On the Liabilities side, First Main Street Bank's balance sheet, (increases/decreases) First Main Street Bank's (building and furniture/net worth/checkable deposits/reserves/loans) by ($150,000/$600,000/$750,000/$1,800,000).

b) Complete the following table to show the effect of a new deposit on excess and required reserves when the required reserve ratio is 20%.

Hint: If the change is negative, be sure to enter the value as a negative number.

Amount Deposited Change in Excess Reserves Change in Required Reserves
(Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars)
750,000    

c) Now, suppose First Main Street Bank loans out all of its new excess reserves to Megan, who immediately writes a check for the full amount to Larry. Larry then immediately deposits the funds in his checking account at Second Republic Bank. Then Second Republic Bank lends out all of its new excess reserves to Raphael, who writes a check to Susan, who deposits the money in her account at Third Fidelity Bank. Finally, Third Fidelity lends out all of its new excess reserves to Becky.

Fill in the following table to show the effect of this ongoing chain of events at each bank. Enter each answer to the nearest dollar.

  Increase in Checkable Deposits Increase in Required Reserves Increase in Loans
(Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars)
First Main Street Bank      
Second Republic Bank      
Third Fidelity Bank      

d) Assume this process continues, with each successive loan deposited into a checking account and no banks keeping any excess reserves. Under these assumptions, the $750,000 injection into the money supply results in an overall increase of ($370,000/$3,000,000/$3,750,000) in checkable deposits.

All of the following are part of the narrowest definition of moneysupply, M1, except:
A) Bill has $50 worth of pennies in a coffee jar
B) Mike has $600 in his checking account
C) Jill has $400 in traveler’s checks
D) Jules has $400 worth of $1 bills in the piggybank
E) John has $500 in his savings account
2. Which of the following make up the money supply as it is mostnarrowly defined?
A) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, traveler'schecks, and savings deposits
B) all coins and currency held by the nonbank public
C) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, checkingdeposits, and traveler's checks
D) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, checkingdeposits, and savings deposits
E) checking deposits, savings deposits, and money market mutualfund accounts
3. Which of the following are included in the narrowest definitionof the money supply?
A) cash in bank vaults
B) savings deposits
C) money market mutual fund accounts
D) negotiable certificates of deposit
E) checkable deposits
4. If you returned a $5 Federal Reserve note to the Fed, you couldreceive
A) $5 in silver
B) $5 in gold
C) 5 one-dollar bills
D) 10 one-dollar bills
E) a small gold bar
5. The Federal Reserve's narrowest definition of money is
A) M3
B) M2
C) M1
D) near money
E) money market mutual funds
6. As a lender, a bank holds an advantage over any individualperson because
A) individuals do not diversify their asset holdings
B) individuals are better at enforcing loan contracts
C) banks have to engage in extensive and costly searches forpotential borrowers
D) banks develop expertise in evaluating borrowers' loanapplications
E) individuals have extensive knowledge of and experience inwriting loan contracts
7. If a bank has $1 million in assets and $50,000 in net worth, itsliabilities must equal
A) $50,000
B) $1,050,000
C) $50 million
D) $1,000,000
E) $950,000
8. Suppose the required reserve ratio is 0.1 and Linda deposits$4,000 in cash at the College State Bank. If the bank held noexcess reserves before Linda's deposit and now increases itsreserves by $500, which of the following is true?
A) The bank must have lent out an additional $4,000.
B) The $500 are required reserves.
C) The bank has excess reserves of $100.
D) Both the bank's assets and its liabilities rise by $500.
E) The bank has $500 in excess reserves.
9. Suppose that the First National Bank acquires $500,000 in newdeposits and the required reserve ratio is 12 percent. Which of thefollowing is true?
A) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$500,000.
B) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$400,000.
C) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$440,000.
D) The entire banking system can increase the money supply by nomore than $500,000 if the First National Bank lends out its excessreserves.
E) The entire banking system can increase the money supply by nomore than $440,000 if the First National Bank lends out its excessreserves.
10. The ability to convert a store of value into a medium ofexchange with little loss of value is known as
A) arbitrage
B) solvency
C) liquidity
D) liability
E) currency
11. Which of the following would likely increase the moneysupply?
A) One bank buys government securities from another bank.
B) The required reserve ratio increases.
C) The Fed increases the reserves of commercial banks and the bankshold these as excess reserves.
D) The discount rate increases.
E) A bank sells government securities to the Fed.
12. The simple money multiplier equals
A) the required reserve ratio
B) the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio
C) 1 minus the required reserve ratio
D) 1 minus the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio
E) the square of the required reserve ratio
13. If the simple money multiplier is 5, the required reserve ratiomust be
A) 5 percent
B) 0
C) 10 percent
D) 50 percent
E) 20 percent
14. If an increase in excess reserves of $10 million increasescheckable deposits in the banking system by a maximum of $200million, the required reserve ratio is
A) 0
B) 5 percent
C) 10 percent
D) 20 percent
E) 2 percent
15. Suppose the reserve requirement ratio is 20 percent. Assumingno bank holds excess reserves and nobody withdraws cash, a $10,000injection of new excess reserves by the Fed can create
A) $2,000 in new checkable deposits
B) $10,000 in new checkable deposits
C) $50,000 in new checkable deposits
D) $500,000 in new checkable deposits
E) $50,000 in cash
16. Which of the following is not one of the procedures the Feduses to change the money supply?
A) buying government securities
B) selling government securities
C) lending reserves through the discount window
D) changing the required reserve ratio
E) extending loans to the public
17. Which of the following statements is correct?
A) To control the money supply, the Fed relies primarily on thereserve requirement.
B) The discount rate is the rate of interest banks charge to theirbest customers.
C) The Fed changes the reserve requirement frequently.
D) Because the Fed has no way to earn income, it is dependent uponCongress for appropriations.
E) Banks can turn a borrower's IOU into money--i.e., they cancreate money.
18. Lowering the discount rate is a way to expand the money supplybecause
A) it encourages banks to borrow from the Fed so they can moreeasily accommodate their customers' needs for loans
B) it encourages business customers to borrow directly from theFed
C) a lower discount rate reduces the amount of reserves banks arerequired to keep
D) a lower discount rate automatically reduces excessreserves
E) it encourages banks to sell U.S. government securities andincrease their cash reserves
19. The Fed operates
A) on a balanced budget
B) at a loss, since Federal Reserve notes and member bank depositsearn no interest
C) at a profit, since Federal Reserve notes and bank deposits earnno interest, but government securities and loans to commercialbanks do
D) at a profit, since Federal Reserve notes and member bankdeposits earn interest
E) at a loss, since Federal Reserve notes and member bank depositsearn interest, but government securities and loans to commercialbanks do not
20. Katie Sierra is willing to pay a higher interest rate. With noincome verification, she can apply for a type of loan commonlycalled
A) lion loans
B) liars loans
C) phantom loans
D) vaporware loans
E) prime-rate loans


1.  The Federal Funds Rate is set by the Federal Reserve on the first business day of each month by faxing the rate to the member banks of each Federal Reserve District.

A. True

B. False

 

2. The Federal Reserve is a single Central bank located on Wall Street in New York City.

A. True

B. False

 

3. Which of the following is NOT true about the Federal Reserve System?

A. Terms of service of the members of the Board of Governors are longer than the number of years that a two-term President of the United States would serve.

B. The Federal Reserve System is the nation's central bank and is comprised of 12 Federal Reserve Banks that serve as bankers' banks.

C. Some of the main functions of the Federal Reserve System include the authority to control the money supply, to issue currency, to set reserve requirements, and to hold reserves.

D. While Congress controls the actions of the Federal Reserve, the President has the authority to appoint and remove private banks from the Federal Reserve System.

 

4. Which of the following is NOT true about restrictive monetary policy?

A. A restrictive monetary policy seeks to raise the federal funds rate.

B. A restrictive monetary policy seeks to expand the money supply.

C. A restrictive monetary policy seeks to raise the Federal Funds Rate by selling government bonds or raising the reserve requirement ratio or increasing the discount rate.

D. A restrictive monetary policy is used when the government is concerned about suddenly increasing inflation.

 

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about contractionary fiscal policy?

A. Contractionary fiscal policy consists of reductions in government spending or increases in taxes.

B. Contractionary fiscal policy can include both reductions in government spending or increases in taxes.

C. Contractionary fiscal policy seeks to shift the Aggregate Demand curve to the right.

D. Contractionary fiscal policy is used when the government seeks to reduce suddenly surging inflation.

 

6. The Federal Reserve creates money by printing the amount of desired new money and distributing it via armored trucks and high-security railways to Federal Reserve District Banks.

A. True

B. False

 

7. If the Fed feared a looming recession was just around the corner, which of the following actions would it "NOT" consider?

A. The Fed would raise the discount rate.

B. In order to influence prevailing commercial interest rates to fall, the Fed would buy large amounts of government securities.

C. In order to expand the money supply (which influences prevailing commercial interest rates to fall), the Fed would either buy large volumes of government bonds, lower the reserve requirement or cut the discount rate.

D. The Fed would seek to expand the money supply because, in so doing, the federal funds rate would fall and that would stimulate commercial interest rates to fall.

 

8. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the ability of the Federal Reserve System to expand the money supply?

A. The Federal Reserve System uses the fractional nature of the banking system to create money in order to expand the money supply.

B. The money multiplier defines the relationship between new excess reserves throughout the banking system and the creation of money by banks in the system. It is calculated by dividing the number 1 by the Required Reserve Ratio. [1/rr].

C. If the required reserve ratio is 20%, then $80 billion in new excess reserves will create $400 billion in bank system lending throughout the entire banking system.

D. If the reserve requirement is 100%, then the banks can generate 100% in new excess reserves.

 

9. Which of the following is NOT true about the tools of monetary policy?

A. The Fed can alter the money supply through open market operations, changes in the reserve ratio or adjustments to the discount rate.

B. Lowering the reserve ratio would expand the money supply.

C. Raising the discount rate would restrict the money supply.

D. Adjusting the reserve requirement is the most important day-to-day method for controlling the nation's money supply.

 

10. If the Federal Reserve wishes to hold off a feared recession, it will sell large volumes of government bonds.

A. True

B. False