CHAPTER 9 ASSIGNMENT
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Initially, the Republic of Gorgonzola has no commercial banking system. Then, the government directs the central bank of Gorgonzola to put into circulation 2,000,000 identical paper notes,
called guilders. The central bank prints the guilders and distributes them to the population. In order to safeguard the money, some Gorgonzolan entrepreneurs set up a system of commercial
banks. When people need to make a payment, they can either withdraw their guilders or, more conveniently, write a check on their account. Checks give the banks permission to transfer
guilders from the account of the person paying by check to the account of the person to whom the check is made out. With a system of payments based Ion checks, the paper guilders need
never leave the banking system, although they flow from one bank to another as a depositor of one bank makes a payment to a depositor in another bank. Deposits do not pay interest in
this economy.
Let's suppose for now that people prefer bank deposits to cash and so deposit all of their guilders with the commercial banks.
Assume that (1) initially, the Gorgonzolan central bank puts 2,000,000 guilders into circulation and (2) commercial banks desire to hold reserves of 25 percent of deposits. Assume that the
public holds no currency.
Instructions: Enter your responses as integer values.
a. The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after the initial deposits is:
Balance sheet after initial deposits
Assets
Liabilities
Currency
2000000
Deposits
2000000
b. The consolidated balance sheet of Gorgonzolan commercial banks after one round of loans is:
Balance sheet after first round of loans
