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.

All of the industries and businesses in the country of marksenia are privately owned and sell products at different prices that are not controlled by the government or any other organizational body. consumers in marksenia are free to buy as much of the products as they like from the businesses they want. the country of marksenia has a

Suppose that a major city’s main thoroughfare, which is also an interstate highway, will be completely closed to traffic for two years, from january 2014 to december 2015, for reconstruction at a cost of $535 million. if the construction company were to keep the highway open for traffic during construction, the highway reconstruction project would take much longer and be more expensive. suppose that construction would take four years if the highway were kept open, at a total cost of $800 million. the state department of transportation had to make its decision in 2014, one year before the start of construction (so that the first payment was one year away). so the department of transportation had the following choices: (i) close the highway during construction, at an annual cost of $267.5 million per year for two years. (ii) keep the highway open during construction, at an annual cost of $200 million per year for four years. now suppose the interest rate is 80%. calculate the present value of the costs incurred under each plan.

Avillage levied property taxes of $910,000 for calendar year 2019 on january 1, 2019 and immediately set up an allowance of $10,000 for uncollectible taxes. the village collected $870,000 in cash during 2019. it expected to collect $22,000 of the unpaid taxes during the first 60 days of 2020 and an additional $8,000 during the rest of 2020. how much should the village recognize as property tax revenues in its 2019 general fund financial statements? a) $870,000 b) $892,000 c) $900,000 d) $910,000