Changes in Monetary Policy (Develop the analysis in Microsoft Excel) Assume that the Bank of Ecoville has the following balance sheet and the Fed has a 10% reserve requirement in place:

Balance Sheet for Ecoville International Bank

ASSETS

LIABILITIES

Cash

$33,000

Demand Deposits

$99,000

Loans

66,000

Now assume that the Fed lowers the reserve requirement to 8%.

What is the maximum amount of new loans that this bank can make?
Assume that the bank makes these loans. What will the new balance sheet look like?
By how much has the money supply increased or decreased?
If the money multiplier is 5, how much money will ultimately be created by this event?
If the Fed wanted to implement a contractionary monetary policy using reserve requirement, how would that work?

Francesca opened a checking account at first bank one month ago. during the month she wrote 25 checks. first bank will charge her $.25 per check. this fee per check is called a a. service charge b. monthly charge c. transfer charge d. debit charge

Match each event to its effect on the equilibrium interest rate and the amount of investment in the loanable funds market. higher interest rate, greater investment higher interest rate, less investment lower interest rate, less investment lower interest rate, greater investment immediate consumer gratification is no longer preferred by people. an efficient new source of energy effectively increases the return on owning a factory. a wave of retirees stops working and begins drawing on retirement savings.

How should the environmental effects be dealt with when evaluating this project? the environmental effects should be ignored since the plant is legal without mitigation. the environmental effects should be treated as a sunk cost and therefore ignored. if the utility mitigates for the environmental effects, the project is not acceptable. however, before the company chooses to do the project without mitigation, it needs to make sure that any costs of "ill will" for not mitigating for the environmental effects have been considered in the original analysis. the environmental effects should be treated as a remote possibility and should only be considered at the time in which they actually occur. the environmental effects if not mitigated would result in additional cash flows. therefore, since the plant is legal without mitigation, there are no benefits to performing a "no mitigation" analysis.