Assume that the Bank of Ecoville has the following balance sheet and the Fed has a 10% reserve requirement in place:
Balance Sheet for Ecoville International Bank
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$33,000
Demand Deposits
$99,000
Loans
66,000
Now assume that the Fed lowers the reserve requirement to 8%.
By how much has the money supply increased or decreased?
If the money multiplier is 5, how much money will ultimately be created by this event?
If the Fed wanted to implement a contractionary monetary policy using reserve requirement, how would that work?
