Excess reserves are insurance from deposit outflow. Suppose you hold 15 million required reserves and 45 million

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Excess reserves are insurance from deposit outflow. Suppose you hold 15 million required reserves and 45 million excess reserves at the central bank. The total interest payment on reserves from the central bank is 0.3%. If you do not hold your excess reserves at the bank, you may take loans and earn 4% in average. What is the cost of holding excess reserve at the central bank?

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Financial Markets And Institutions

ISBN: 9781292215006

9th Global Edition

Authors: Stanley Eakins Frederic Mishkin

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