Consider the following data (all values are in billions of dollars): (b) Currency Transactional deposits Bank reserves June 1930 June 1931 June 1932 $3.681 3.995 4.959 21.612 19.888 15.490 3.227 3.307 2.829 (a) Calculate the values for each period for the currency-deposit ratio, the ratio of total reserves to deposits, the monetary base, M1, and the money multiplier. Can you explain why the currency-deposit ratio and the ratio of total reserves to deposits moved as they did between 1930 and 1932 (Great depression era)?

Consider the following data (all values are in billions of dollars): (b) Currency Transactional deposits Bank reserves June 1930 June 1931 June 1932 $3.681 3.995 4.959 21.612 19.888 15.490 3.227 3.307 2.829 (a) Calculate the values for each period for the currency-deposit ratio, the ratio of total reserves to deposits, the monetary base, M1, and the money multiplier. Can you explain why the currency-deposit ratio and the ratio of total reserves to deposits moved as they did between 1930 and 1932 (Great depression era)?

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Chapter14: Banking And The Money Supply

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