Suppose First Main Street Bank, Second Republic Bank, and Third Fidelity Bank all have zero excess reserves. The required reserve ratio is 10%. Paolo, a client of First Main Street Bank, deposits $500,000 into his checking account at First Main Street Bank. Complete the following table to reflect any changes in First Main Street Bank's T-account (before the bank makes any new loans). Assets Liabilities                       Complete the following table to show the effect of a new deposit on excess and required reserves when the required reserve ratio is 10%. Hint: If the change is negative, be sure to enter the value as negative number. Amount Deposited Change in Excess Reserves Change in Required Reserves (Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars) 500,000         Now, suppose First Main Street Bank loans out all of its new excess reserves to Lucia, who immediately uses the funds to write a check to Kenji. Kenji deposits the funds immediately into his checking account at Second Republic Bank. Then Second Republic Bank lends out all of its new excess reserves to Van, who writes a check to Sharon, who deposits the money into her account at Third Fidelity Bank. Third Fidelity lends out all of its new excess reserves to Amy in turn. Fill in the following table to show the effect of this ongoing chain of events at each bank. Enter each answer to the nearest dollar.   Increase in Deposits Increase in Required Reserves Increase in Loans (Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars) First Main Street Bank       Second Republic Bank       Third Fidelity Bank         Assume this process continues, with each successive loan deposited into a checking account and no banks keeping any excess reserves. Under these assumptions, the $500,000 injection into the money supply results in an overall increase of    in demand deposits.

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Suppose First Main Street Bank, Second Republic Bank, and Third Fidelity Bank all have zero excess reserves. The required reserve ratio is 10%. Paolo, a client of First Main Street Bank, deposits $500,000 into his checking account at First Main Street Bank.
Complete the following table to reflect any changes in First Main Street Bank's T-account (before the bank makes any new loans).
Assets Liabilities
                   
 
Complete the following table to show the effect of a new deposit on excess and required reserves when the required reserve ratio is 10%.
Hint: If the change is negative, be sure to enter the value as negative number.
Amount Deposited
Change in Excess Reserves
Change in Required Reserves
(Dollars)
(Dollars)
(Dollars)
500,000  
 
 
 
Now, suppose First Main Street Bank loans out all of its new excess reserves to Lucia, who immediately uses the funds to write a check to Kenji. Kenji deposits the funds immediately into his checking account at Second Republic Bank. Then Second Republic Bank lends out all of its new excess reserves to Van, who writes a check to Sharon, who deposits the money into her account at Third Fidelity Bank. Third Fidelity lends out all of its new excess reserves to Amy in turn.
Fill in the following table to show the effect of this ongoing chain of events at each bank. Enter each answer to the nearest dollar.
 
Increase in Deposits
Increase in Required Reserves
Increase in Loans
(Dollars)
(Dollars)
(Dollars)
First Main Street Bank
 
 
 
Second Republic Bank
 
 
 
Third Fidelity Bank
 
 
 
 
Assume this process continues, with each successive loan deposited into a checking account and no banks keeping any excess reserves. Under these assumptions, the $500,000 injection into the money supply results in an overall increase of    in demand deposits.
 
 
 
 
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