Indicate how the banks balance sheet would be altered – Microeconomics
Suppose that the reserve requirement is 10 percent and the balance sheet of the People’s National Bank looks like the accompanying example.
A. What are the required reserves of People’s National Bank? Does thebank have anyexcess reserves?
B. What is the maximum loan that the bak could extend?
C. Indicate how the bank’s balance sheet would be altered if it extened this loan.
D. Suppose that the required reserves were 20 percent. If this were the case, would thebank be in the position to extend any additional loans?
