Consider an economy in which the reserve requirement is increased from 10 percent to 20 percent. a.

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Consider an economy in which the reserve requirement is increased from 10 percent to 20 percent.

a. Explain why the increase in the reserve requirement ratio causes welfare to decline.

b. Construct a graph in c1 – c2 space (the axes) showing how the increase in the reserve requirement ratio will affect a person’s lifetime budget constraint.

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Modeling Monetary Economies

ISBN: 978-1107145221

4th Edition

Authors: Bruce Champ, Scott Freeman, Joseph Haslag

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