A. are central banks
B. are branches of commercial banks
C. use fiscal policy to influence GDP
D. loan money to most of LDC commercial banks
Related Mcqs:
- Reserve requirements that may be imposed on an economy’s banks by its central bank specify that banks by its central bank specify that banks reserve must be a minimum percentage of them ?
A. assets
B. deposits
C. loans
D. government bonds - Suppose the State Bank purchases a Rs 1,000 government bond from you. If you deposit the entire Rs 1,000 in you bank what is the total potential change in the money supply as a result of the State Bank’s action if the your bank’s reserve ratio is 20 percent ?
A. Rs 4,000
B. Rs 5,000
C. Rs 1,000
D. Rs 0 - Suppose a wave of investor and consumer pessimism in the USA causes a reduction in spending If the US federal Reserve (Which has a broader remit than the Bank of England Which is charged only with controlling inflation) chooses to engage in activist stabilization policy it should ?
A. Increase government spending and decrease taxes
B. decrease the money supply
C. decrease government spending and increase taxes
D. decrease interest rates - Bance Solida has, in the past, always operated with a reserve ratio of 25 percent. It has now been taken over by Gung-Ho Bank Which operates with a reserve ration of 12½ percent, Assuming that Banca Solida adopts the business practices of its new owner, What will be the effect on money supply in the country in which Banca Solida operates ?
A. Money supply will increase because Banca Solida will increase its loans
B. The effect on money supply cannot be determined from the information given
C. Money supply will decrease because the loans will have to be repaid
D. Money supply will be unchanged because the central bank has made no policy changes - If the Bank of England reduces the money supply to reduce inflation a floating exchange rate will aid the Bank of England in fighting inflation because ?
A. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of UK exports will rise and the Price of UK imports will fall
B. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase, and the price of UK exports will fall and the price of UK imports will rise
C. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of UK exports and UK imports will fall.
D. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of both UK exports and UK imports will rise - Suppose Imtiaz moves his Rs1,000 demand deposit from Bank A to Bank B. If both banks operate with a reserve ratio of 10 percent What is the potential change in money supply as a result of Gerard’s action ?
A. Rs 10,00
B. Rs 1,000
C. Rs 9,000
D. Rs 0 - In the early eighties, the Federal Reserve pursed a tight monetary policy. All else being equal. the impact of that policy was to interest rates in the United States relative to those in Europe and cause the dollar to _______ against European currencies?
A. decrease; depreciate
B. decrease; appreciate
C. increase; depreciate
D. increase; appreciate - Suppose all banks maintain a 100 percent reserve ratio. If an individual deposits Rs 1,000 of currency in a bank ?
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 - Which of the following activities is one of the responsibilities of the Bank of England to the banking system ?
A. Assisting Banks that are in a difficult financial position
B. Auditing the various agencies and department of the government
C. Loaning money to other countries that are friendly to the UK.
D. Issuing new bonds to finance the PSBR. - Which of the following is a form of international reserve assets, created by IMF in 1967 whose value is based on a portfolio of widely used currencies ?
A. Special Drawing Right (SDR)
B. IMF Drawing Rights (SDR)
C. International Drawing Right (IDR)
D. Sure, Drawing Rights (SDR)
