CK to Assignment Attempts Score / 2 A 6. The Federal Reserve and the money supply Suppose the money supply (as measured by checkable deposits) is currently $650 billion. The required reserve ratio is 20%. Banks hold $130 billion in reserves, so there are no excess reserves. The Federal Reserve ("the Fed") wants to decrease the money supply by $10 billion, to $640 billion. It could do this through open-market operations or by changing the required reserve ratio. Assume for this question that you can use the oversimplified money multiplier formula. If the Fed wants to decrease the money supply using open-market operations, it should billion worth of U.S. government bonds. If the Fed wants to decrease the money supply by adjusting the required reserve ratio, it should the required reserve ratio. Save & Continue Continue without saving