Author Question: Banks deposit funds at the central bank, because: a. They need them there in order be able to ... (Read 70 times)

waynest · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

Banks deposit funds at the central bank, because:
a. They need them there in order be able to purchase government securities.
b. They can be counted as required reserves.
c. Both of the above are true.
d. Actually, banks do not deposit funds at the central bank. They deposit them at the Treasury.

Question 2

Assume that the government increases spending and finances the expenditures by borrowing in the domestic capital markets. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the real GDP and reserve-related (central bank) transactions in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. Real GDP falls, and reserve-related (central bank) transactions become more negative (or less positive).
b. Real GDP falls and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remain the same.
c. Real GDP and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remain the same.
d. Real GDP rises, and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remains the same.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.