Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Macro Economics: Money and Banking

Question:

Money Multiplier Process

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Round Deposit in Bank Required Reserve Loan made by Bank
1 100.00 20.00 80.00
2 180.00 36.00 64.00
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Last 500.00 100.00 400.00

The first column lists each round. The second column depicts the total deposits with the Bank at the beginning of each round. Twenty percent of these deposits need to be deposited with the RBI as required reserves (column 3). What the Bank lends in each round gets added to the deposits with the bank in the next round. Column 4 indicates the Loans made by the banks.

How much is the deposits created in the above example ?

Options:

100.00

180.00

200.00

500.00

Correct Answer:

500.00

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (4)  : 500.00

Total deposits = reserves + loans

                   = 100 + 400

                   = 500