A. reduce
B. have no effect on
C. increase
D. double
Money, Interest Rates And Output
Money, Interest Rates And Output
A. required reserve ratio
B. profit margin
C. excess reserves
D. net worth
A. an asset
B. capital
C. net worth
D. a liability
A. barter money
B. currency value
C. legal tender
D. commodity money
A. The difference between the price at which commercial bank sells an asset to the central bank and the price it agrees to buy it back can be expressed as an annualized percentage of the selling price and this is called the refinancing rate
B. Commercial banks may borrow from and lend to each other and the interest rate at which they do this is called the refinancing rate
C. In the UK the refinancing rate is known as the repo rate and in the USA it is referred to as the discount rate.
D. If the central bank has bought some assets from a commercial bank with an agreement that the commercial bank will buy them back at a later date, then this would be called a repo
E. If the central bank raises its refinancing rate then the commercial banks will try to reduce their lending and so reduce the need to borrow from the central bank
A. rise by an amount that depends on the bank’s reserve ratio
B. rise by less than the amount of the deposit
C. fall by exactly the amount of the deposit as long as the bank does not change its reserve ratio
D. fall by exactly the amount of the deposit as long as the bank does not change its reserve ratio
E. be unchanged
A. the money supply increases by more than Rs 1,000
B. the money supply increase by less than Rs 1,000
C. the money supply decrease by less than Rs 1,000
D. the money supply decrease by more than Rs 1,000
E. The money supply is unaffected
A. The interest rate at Which commercial banks lend to and borrow from each other
B. The interest rate the European Central Bank pays on reserves
C. The interest rates the public pays when borrowing from banks
D. The interest rates the European Central Bank charges on loans to banks
E. He interests rate banks pay on the public’s deposits
A. assets
B. deposits
C. loans
D. government bonds
A. 4
B. 20
C. 25
D. 5
