Let's assume that in a hypothetical economy currency in circulation is $600 billion, the amount of checkable deposits is $900 billion, excess reserves are $15 billion and required reserve ratio is 10%. a. Calculate money supply, currency to deposit ratio, excess reserve ratio and money multiplier. b. Suppose Fed conducts very large open market purchase of $1400 billion due to a sharp recession. Assuming the ratios hold, what will be the effect on money supply? c. Now suppose the Fed conducts the same open market purchase as in part (b) except banks choose to hold all the proceeds as excess reserves. Assuming currency to deposit and required reserve ratios stay the same, what happens money multiplier and money supply? d. Can you draw parallels between part (c) and what happened during the financial crisis of 2008?

2. the language of price controls consider the market for rental cars. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of rental cars is $58 per day, and employees at car rental companies earn $19.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect there are many teenagers who would like to work at car rental companies, but the minimum-wage law sets the hourly wage at $23.00. the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $87 per day for rental cars. the government prohibits car rental companies from renting out rental cars for more than $87 per day.

The interaction of individual choices because a type of fish is on the verge of extinction, the government imposes rules that prohibit fishing in the publicly owned spawning grounds. at first owners of fshing bouts complain about this restriction on where they can fish, but soon they notice that the number of adult fish swimming outside the protected area is much higher than it was before. with the restriction, each fishing boat ends up catching more fish than it did before the r which of the following principles of economic interaction best describes this scenario? o there is a tradeoff between equality and efficiency o markets usually lead to efficiency. o when markets do not achieve efficiency,government intervention can improve overall welfare o markets allocate goodseffectively

Which of the following situations is most likely to change a buyer's market into a seller's market? a. a natural disaster that drives away a lot of the population. b. the price of building materials suddenly going up. c. the government buys up a lot of houses to build a new freeway. d. a factory laying off a lot of workers in the area.