ECON
2105 Principles of Macroeconomics
Problem Set 5 Mankiw Chapter 29
dUE fRIDAY 18:00 September 12, 2008
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ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics
Problem Set 5 Mankiw Chapter 29
dUE fRIDAY 18:00 september 12, 2008
____ 1. Which of the following best illustrates the unit of account
function of money?
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a. |
You list prices for candy sold on your Web site,
www.sweettooth.com, in dollars. |
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b. |
You pay for your WNBA tickets with dollars. |
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c. |
You keep $10 in your backpack for emergencies. |
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d. |
None of the above is correct. |
____ 2. Which of the following best illustrates the medium of exchange
function of money?
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a. |
You keep some money hidden in your shoe. |
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b. |
You keep track of the value of your assets in terms of currency. |
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c. |
You pay for your double latte using currency. |
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d. |
None of the above is correct. |
____ 3. Liquidity refers to
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a. |
the ease with which an asset is converted to the medium of
exchange. |
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b. |
a measurement of the intrinsic value of commodity money. |
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c. |
the suitability of an asset to serve as a store of value. |
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d. |
how many time a dollar circulates in a given year. |
____ 4. Which list ranks assets from most to least liquid?
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a. |
currency, fine art, stocks |
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b. |
currency, stocks, fine art |
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c. |
fine art, currency, stocks |
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d. |
fine art, stocks, currency |
____ 5. Demand deposits are included in
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a. |
M1 but not M2. |
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b. |
M2 but not M1. |
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c. |
M1 and M2. |
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d. |
neither M1 nor M2. |
____ 6. Given the following information, what would be the values of M1
and M2?
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Small time deposits |
$650 billion |
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Demand Deposits and other Checkable Deposits |
$300 billion |
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Savings-type deposits |
$750 billion |
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Money market mutual funds |
$600 billion |
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Travelers' checks |
$25 billion |
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Large time deposits |
$600 billion |
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Currency |
$100 billion |
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Miscellaneous Categories in M2 |
$25 billion |
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a. |
M1 = $400 billion, M2 = $2,475 billion. |
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b. |
M1 = $125 billion, M2 = $3,025 billion. |
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c. |
M1 = $425 billion, M2 = $2, 450 billion. |
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d. |
M1 = $425 billion, M2 = $1,875 billion. |
____ 7. When the Federal Reserve conducts open-market operations to
increase the money supply, it
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a. |
redeems Federal Reserve notes. |
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b. |
buys government bonds from the public. |
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c. |
raises the discount rate. |
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d. |
decreases its lending to member banks. |
____ 8. The Fed can increase the price level by conducting open market
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a. |
sales and raising the discount rate. |
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b. |
sales and lowering the discount rate. |
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c. |
purchases and raising the discount rate. |
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d. |
purchases and lowering the discount rate. |
____ 9. A bank’s assets include
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a. |
both its reserves and the deposits of its customers. |
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b. |
neither its reserves nor the deposits of its customers. |
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c. |
its reserves, but not the deposits of its customers. |
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d. |
the deposits of its customers, but not its reserves. |
____ 10. If banks desire to hold no excess reserves, the reserve ratio is 10
percent, and a bank that was previously just meeting its reserve requirement
receives a new deposit of $400, then initially the bank has a
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a. |
$400 increase in excess reserves and no increase in required
reserves. |
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b. |
$400 increase in required reserves and no increase in excess
reserves. |
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c. |
$360 increase in excess reserves and $40 increase in required
reserves. |
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d. |
$40 increase in excess reserves and $360 increase in required
reserves. |
Use the balance sheet for the following questions.
Table 29-3
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Last Bank of Cedar Bend |
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Assets |
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Liabilities |
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Reserves |
$25,000 |
Deposits |
$150,000 |
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Loans |
$125,000 |
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____ 11. Refer to Table 29-3. If the reserve requirement is 10
percent, then this bank
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a. |
is in a position to make a new loan of $15,000. |
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b. |
has less reserves than required. |
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c. |
has excess reserves of less than $15,000. |
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d. |
None of the above is correct. |
Table 29-4
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Bank of Tampa |
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Assets |
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Liabilities |
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Reserves |
$100 |
Deposits |
$1,000 |
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Loans |
$900 |
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____ 12. Refer to Table 29-4. Assume that the Bank of Tampa is
holding the required percent of deposits as reserves. Also, assume all other
banks hold only the required percent of deposits as reserves and that people
hold only deposits and no currency. What is the money multiplier?
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a. |
5 |
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b. |
10 |
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c. |
15 |
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d. |
20 |
Table 29-5
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Bank of Springfield |
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Assets |
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Liabilities |
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Reserves |
$12,000 |
Deposits |
$240,000 |
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Loans |
$228,000 |
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____ 13. Refer to Figure 29-5. If the Fed requires a reserve ratio of
4%, how much in excess reserves does the Bank of Springfield now hold?
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a. |
$1,200 |
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b. |
$2,400 |
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c. |
$2,880 |
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d. |
$3,000 |
____ 14. If the reserve ratio is 5 percent, $1,000 of additional reserves
can create
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a. |
$5,500 of new money |
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b. |
$5,000 of new money |
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c. |
$4,000 of new money |
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d. |
None of the above is correct. |
____ 15. In Smallville, the money supply is $8 million and reserves are $1
million. Assuming that people hold only deposits and no currency, and that
banks hold only required reserves, the required reserve ratio is
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a. |
14% |
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b. |
12.5% |
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c. |
8% |
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d. |
None of the above is correct. |
____ 16. The reserve requirement ratio is 10%. Which of the following pair
of changes would both allow a bank to lend out an additional $10,000?
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a. |
the Fed buys a $10,000 bond from the bank or someone deposits
$10,000 in the bank |
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b. |
the Fed buys a $10,000 bond from the bank or the Fed lends the
bank $10,000 |
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c. |
the Fed sells a $10,000 bond to the bank or someone deposits
$10,000 in the bank |
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d. |
the Fed sells a $10,000 bond to the bank or the Fed lends the
bank $10,000 |
____ 17. The money supply decreases if the Fed
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a. |
sells Treasury bonds. The larger the reserve requirement, the
larger the decrease will be. |
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b. |
sells Treasury bonds. The smaller the reserve requirement, the
larger the decrease will be. |
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c. |
buys Treasury bonds. The larger the reserve requirement, the
larger the decrease will be. |
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d. |
buys Treasury bonds. The smaller the reserve requirement, the
larger the decrease will be. |
____ 18. The money supply increases when the Fed
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a. |
lowers the discount rate. The increase will be larger the
smaller the reserve ratio is. |
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b. |
lowers the discount rate. The increase will be larger the larger
the reserve ratio is. |
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c. |
raises the discount rate. The increase will be larger the
smaller the reserve ratio is. |
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d. |
raises the discount rate. The increase will be larger the larger
the reserve ratio is. |
____ 19. Which of the following lists two things that both increase the
money supply?
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a. |
make open market purchases, raise the reserve requirement ratio |
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b. |
make open market purchases, lower the reserve requirement ratio |
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c. |
make open market sales, raise the reserve requirement ratio |
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d. |
make open market sales, lower the reserve requirement ratio |
____ 20. If the Fed makes open market purchases of bonds,
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a. |
the money supply increases by more than the amount of bonds
purchased. |
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b. |
the money supply increases by less than the amount of bonds
purchased. |
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c. |
the money supply decreases by more than the amount of bonds
purchased. |
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d. |
the money supply decreases by less than the amount of bonds
purchased. |
____ 21. In 1991 the Federal Reserve lowered the reserve requirement ratio
from 12 percent to 10 percent. Other things the same this should have
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a. |
increased both the money multiplier and the money supply. |
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b. |
decreased both the money multiplier and the money supply. |
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c. |
increased the money multiplier and decreased the money supply. |
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d. |
decreased the money multiplier and increased the money supply. |
____ 22. If the reserve ratio is 10 percent, banks do not hold excess
reserves and people hold only deposits and not currency, when the Fed sells $10
million dollars of bonds to the public, bank reserves
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a. |
increase by $1 million and the money supply eventually increases
by $10 million. |
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b. |
increase by $10 million and the money supply eventually
increases by $100 million. |
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c. |
decrease by $1 million and the money supply eventually increases
by $10 million. |
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d. |
decrease by $10 million and the money supply eventually
decreases by $100 million. |
The following questions are
True-False and deal with chapters 21, 22, 23 in Miller et al. Mark a “T” or an
“F” alongside the appropriate question number on the answer sheet.
23. The European Union is much
more effective in controlling the cost of farm subsidy programs than is the
U.S.
24. Under CAFÉ standards, U.S.
automobile manufacturers can import fuel-efficient cars made in their plants
overseas to increase the average gas mileage of their domestic fleets.
25. Imprisonment of convicted
criminals appears to have little impact on crime rates.