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INTRO - MACROECONOMICS - Money & Banking - & The Money Market and Monetary Policy

Answer the questions below from the data in the table (all figures are in billions of dollars).

Total currency issued by the Bank of Canada $17
Total personal savings deposits 186
Total demand deposits 19
Deposits of government at the Bank of Canada 3
Currency held by commercial banks 3
Government bonds owned by the public 96
Nonpersonal term deposits (certificates of deposit) 41


a. Total currency in circulation is $ _____ billion.

b. How much larger is M1 than the total currency in circulation?

M1 is larger than the total currency by $ _____ billion.

c. How much larger is M2 than M1?

M2 is larger than M1 by $ _____ billion.

Please provide an explanation as you solve this question.

d. How much larger is M3 than M2?

M3 is larger than M2 by $ _____billion.

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Related questions

Assume that the following asset values (in millions of dollars) exist in Ironmania:

Category Value
Federal Reserve Notes in circulation $700
Money market mutual funds (MMMFs) held by individuals 400
Corporate bonds 300
Iron ore deposits 50
Currency in commercial banks 100
Savings deposits, including money market deposit accounts (MMDAs) 140
Checkable deposits 1,500
Small-denominated (less than $100,000) time deposits 100
Coins in circulation 40

a. What is M1 in Ironmania? $ million

b. What is M2 in Ironmania? $ million

Question 9

In which of the following situations would money function as a store of value?

a. The wife checks the balance in the family savings account

b. In all of the above

c. The husband checks the prices at the local market

d. You take out a loan at the local bank

Question 10

M2 money is?

a. All demand deposits plus all currency and coin in circulations

b. M3 money plus all the currency and coin in the circulation

c. M1 plus near money

d. M3 plus near money

Question 11

Of all the parameters that influence effective demand, the most unstable overtime is?

a. Government Expenditure

b. Investment

c. Savings

d. Consumption

Question 12

People hold money?

a. to have money to take advantage of economic opportunities as they arise

b. to have money for purchases in between receipts of income

c. for all of the above purposes

d. to have money in case of unforseen emergencies

Question 13

The choice between near money and money is?

a. Near Money is not directly spendable, whereas money is directly spendable

b. Near money is fiat money, whereas money is not

c. None of the above

d. Near money consist of all deposits in commercial and saving banks, whereas money does not include deposits

Question 14

The largest single component in terms of total value in M1 money supply is?

Select one:

a. Coin

b. saving deposits

c. Demand deposits

d. Currency

Multiple choices

1. Banks face liquidity risk because

A) they can have difficulty meeting their depositor's demands to withdraw money.

B) they are unable to borrow from the Federal Reserve.

C) households and businesses may seek to borrow a large number of funds in a short period of time.

D) governments tend to run high budget deficits.

2. The original intention of the Fed's role as lender of last resort was to make loans to banks that were

A) not illiquid nor insolvent.

B) illiquid, but not insolvent.

C) insolvent, but not illiquid.

D) both illiquid and insolvent.

3. Why might a nation seek to maintain a pegged exchange rate?

A) It makes business planning easier for firms involved in the global economy.

B) It removes the need to intervene in the foreign exchange market.

C) It ensures that the exchange rate will remain at its equilibrium.

D) It makes their currency more attractive on the foreign exchange market.

4. Suppose a country pegs its currency. If investors start to believe the peg will collapse and the currency is going to depreciate, as the government defends the peg the interest rate will

A) Not move as interest rates must remain constant in a peg

B) Increase to maintain the peg

C) Decrease to maintain the peg

D) It depends on the inflation rate is low or high compared to the country to which the currency is pegged.

5. When the Fed extends loans to depository institutions

A) increases the level of reserves.

B) it decreases the level of reserves.

C) it reduces the total value of the assets on its balance sheet.

D) it reduces the total value of the liabilities on its balance sheet.

6. If the Fed buys securities worth $10 million, then

A) bank reserves will increase by $10 million.

B) bank reserves will decrease by $10 million.

C) currency in circulation will increase by $10 million.

D) bank holdings of securities increased by $10 million.

7. If the Fed purchases $1 million in securities from the nonbank public, the monetary base will rise by $1 million

A) if the public holds the proceeds as currency.

B) if the public deposits the proceeds as checkable deposits.

C) if the public deposits the proceeds with the Treasury in a monetary base account.

D) whether the public holds the proceeds as currency or deposits them as checkable deposits.

8. The aggregate M1 consists of

A) currency plus all deposits in financial institutions.

B) currency plus savings deposits in financial institutions.

C) currency plus checkable deposits in financial institutions.

D) currency.

9. If the Fed purchases $1 million worth of securities and the required reserve ratio is 8%, by how much will deposits increase (assuming no change in excess reserves or the public's currency holdings)?

A) rise by $1 million

B) decline by $1 million

C) rise by $8 million

D) rise by $12.5 million

10. Suppose the required reserve ratio is 8% and the Fed purchases $100 million worth of Treasury bills from Wells Fargo. Suppose Wells Fargo didn't have excess reserves, then by how much is Wells Fargo able to increase its loans?

A) $8 million

B) $92 million

C) $100 million

D) $1.25 billion

11. If banks hold no excess reserves, checkable deposits total $1.5 billion, currency totals $400 million, and the required reserve ratio is 10%, then the monetary base equals

A) $550 million.

B) $1.54 billion.

C) $1.9 billion

D) $15 billion.

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