Tuesday 915
Mostly summarized from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed. PART 10 Money and Prices in the Long Run Chapter 29 of 36 The Monetary System Section 15 of 20 … The process of money creation by banks can continue forever, but not an infinite amount. If there is an initial deposit at a bank of $100 with a bank reserve requirement of 10%, ultimately an additional $900 of money can be created. … The amount of money the banking system generates with each dollar of reserves is called the money multiplier. Per Figure B example, with a 0.10 reserve ratio · the money multiplier is 1/.1 = 10 · $100 of reserves (initial deposit) eventually can create $900 more money created = $1000 total The money multiplier is the reciprocal of the reserve ratio. In the example · reserve requirement is 0.1 so the money multiplier is 1/.1 = 10 · $100/.1 = $100 x 10 = $1000 total money end result, original $100 deposit + $900 created money. … This formula illustrates how the amount of money banks...