Suppose the Bank of Canada purchases $1 000 000 worth of foreign assets. a. If the Bank

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Suppose the Bank of Canada purchases $1 000 000 worth of foreign assets.

a. If the Bank of Canada purchases the foreign assets with $1 000 000 in currency, show the effect of this open market operation using T-accounts. What happens to the monetary base?

b. If the Bank of Canada purchases the foreign assets by selling $1 000 000 in T bills, show the effect of this open market operation using T-accounts. What happens to the monetary base?

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The Economics of Money Banking and Financial Markets

ISBN: 978-0321785701

5th Canadian edition

Authors: Frederic S. Mishkin, Apostolos Serletis

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