Suppose we have an economy in which banks wish to hold no excess reserves, the required reserve ratio is .1, there is only one kind of deposit, and there is no cash drain. (a) The central bank needs to increase M1 by $100 billion. Explain how it can do this. (b) Suppose in addition to required reserves, the banks which like now to hold a very large amount of excess reserves as a ratio of deposits (say 25 to one). How will this affect your answer

Suppose that, on the basis of a nation’s production possibilities curve, an economy must sacrifice 10,000 pizzas domestically to get the 1 additional industrial robot it desires but that it can get the robot from another country in exchange for 9,000 pizzas. now consider the following statement: “through international specialization and trade, a nation can reduce its opportunity cost of obtaining goods and thus ‘move outside its production possibilities curve.’”