Assume the commercial banking system has checkable deposits of $20 billion and excess reserves of $2 billion when the reserve requirement is 25 percent. If the reserve requirement is then lowered to 20 percent, we can conclude that the Multiple Choice banking system now has excess reserves of $3 billion. monetary multiplier has decreased. maximum money-creating potential of the banking system has been increased by $7 billion. Fed has decided that money supply needed to be reduced.

Read the following paragraph, and choose the best revision for one of its sentences.dr. blake is retiring at the end of the month. there will be an unoccupied office upon his departure, and it is big in size. because every other office is occupied, we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge. it is absolutely essential that this issue is discussed at the next staff meeting. (a) because every other office is occupied, it’s recommended that we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge. (b) because every other office is filled, we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge.