The Federal Reserve pays interest on the reserve deposits banks hold with the Fed. Explain if and
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The Federal Reserve pays interest on the reserve deposits banks hold with the Fed. Explain if and how the banks could earn any profit without cost in the following situations by taking advantage of differences in the Discount rate, Federal funds rate and interest paid on reserves. Banks would just borrow/lend each other or from the Fed or hold reserves in their account.
-The discount rate is 2.5%, the effective federal funds rate is 2% and the interest paid on reserve deposit is1.5%
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