The balance sheet of the central bank is
Assets Liabilities
Gov't bonds $5000 Currency $2100
Gold $500 Reserves of commercial banks $3400
The consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks is
Assets Liabilities
Reserves at the central bank $3400 Deposits $14400
Loans $12000 Commercial bonds issued by banks $1000
If the required reserve-deposit ratio is 15%, can commercial banks increase the amount of loans by at least $1000?
A. Yes, by buying back the bonds and depositing the proceeds into the reserve account at the central bank.
B. Yes, by lowering reserves by $1000.
C. No, because the amount of deposits exceeds the amount of loans.
D. Yes, but only if some of the newly issued loans are redeposited to the banks.
E. No, because then the reserve-deposit ratio will fall below 15%.

As the marginal propensity to consume (mpc) increases, the multiplier remains the same. increases. decreases. as the marginal propensity to save (mps) increases, the multiplier decreases. increases. remains the same. if the marginal propensity to consume is 0.30, what is the multiplier, assuming there are no taxes or imports? round to the tenths place. given the multiplier that you calculated, by how much will gross domestic product (gdp) increase when there is a $1,000 increase in government spending? $

Captain john's yachts, inc., located in fort lauderdale, florida, rents three types of ocean-going boats: sailboats, cabin cruisers, and captain john's favorite, the luxury yachts. captain john advertises his boats with his famous "you rent"we pilot" slogan, which means that the company supplies the captain and crew for each rented boat. each rented boat has one captain, of course, but the crew sizes (deck hands, galley hands, etc.) differ. the crew requirements, in addition to a captain, are one for sailboats, two for cabin cruisers, and three for yachts. ten employees are captains, and an additional 18 employees fill the various crew positions. currently, captain john has rental requests for all his boats: four sailboats, eight cabin cruisers, and three luxury yachts. if captain john's daily profit contribution is $50 for sailboats, $70 for cruisers, and $100 for luxury yachts, how many boats of each type should he rent?

In june 2009, at the trough of the great recession, the bureau of labor statistics announced that of all adult americans, 140,196,000 were employed, 14,729,000 were unemployed and 80,729,000 were not in the labor force. use this information to calculate: a. the adult population b. the labor force c. the labor-force participation rate d. the unemployment rate