Suppose the entire banking system has $50 million in excess reserves and a required reserve ratio of 10 percent. The deposit-creation potential of the banking system is:

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Answer: $500 million

Explanation:

The required reserve ratio is the fraction of the total deposit that a bank recieves which is mandated by the central bank to be kept and should not be given out.

If the entire banking system has $50 million in excess reserves and a required reserve ratio of 10 percent. The deposit-creation potential of the banking system will be:

= $50million/10%

= $50million/0.1

= $500 million

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