9. Bank reserves include A) deposits at the Fed and short-term treasury securities. B) vault cash and short-term Treasury securities. C) vault cash and deposits at the Fed. D) deposits at other banks and deposits at the Fed. 10. Asset transformation can be described as A) borrowing long and lending short. B) borrowing short and lending long. C) borrowing and lending only for the short term. D) borrowing and lending for the long term.

1. Which of the following are reported as assets on a bank's balance sheet? A) borrowings B) reserves C) savings deposits D) bank capital

1. Which of the following are reported as assets on a bank's balance sheet? A) borrowings B) reserves C) savings deposits D) bank capital 2. Which of the following bank assets is the most liquid? A) consumer loans B) reserves C) state and local government securities D) U.S. government securities 3. Banks earn profits by selling with attractive combinations of liquidity, risk, and return, and using the proceeds to buy with a different set of characteristics. A) loans; deposits B) securities; deposits C) liabilities; assets D) assets; liabilities 4. When you deposit $50 in currency at Old National Bank A) its assets increase by less than $50 because of reserve requirements. B) its reserves increase by less than $50 because of reserve requirements. C) its liabilities increase by $50. D) its liabilities decrease by $50. 5. When $1 million is deposited at a bank, the required reserve ratio is 20 percent, and the bank chooses not to hold any excess reserves but makes loans instead, then, in the bank's final balance sheet A) the assets at the bank increase by $800,000. B) the liabilities of the bank increase by $1,000,000. C) the liabilities of the bank increase by $800,000. D) reserves increase by $160,000. 6. Which of the following statements are TRUE? A) A bank's assets are its sources of funds. B) A bank's liabilities are its uses of funds. C) A bank's balance sheet shows that total assets equal total liabilities plus equity capital. D) A bank's balance sheet indicates whether or not the bank is profitable. 7. Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) A bank's assets are its uses of funds. B) A bank issues liabilities to acquire funds. C) The bank's assets provide the bank with income. D) Bank capital is recorded as an asset on the bank balance sheet. 8. Because checking accounts are liquid for the depositor than savings accounts, they earn interest rates. A) less; higher B) less; lower C) more; higher D) more; lower 9. Bank reserves include A) deposits at the Fed and short-term treasury securities. B) vault cash and short-term Treasury securities. C) vault cash and deposits at the Fed. D) deposits at other banks and deposits at the Fed. 10. Asset transformation can be described as A) borrowing long and lending short. B) borrowing short and lending long. C) borrowing and lending only for the short term. D) borrowing and lending for the long term.

Asset transformation can be described asA) borrowing long and lending short.B) borrowing short and lending long.C) borrowing and lending only for the short term.D) borrowing and lending for the long term

1. The government agency that oversees the banking system and is responsible for theconduct of monetary policy in the United States isA) the Federal Reserve System.B) the United States Treasury.C) the U.S. Gold Commission.D) the House of Representatives.2. Individuals that lend funds to a bank by opening a checking account are calledA) policyholders.B) partners.C) depositors.D) debt holders.3. Total reserves are the sum of ________ and ________.A) excess reserves; borrowed reservesB) required reserves; currency in circulationC) vault cash; excess reservesD) excess reserves; required reserves4. Assuming initially that the required reserve ratio = 10%, the currency-deposit ratio = 75%,and the excess reserve ratio = 156%, an increase in the currency-deposit ratio to 150% causesthe M1 money multiplier to ________, everything else held constant.A) increase from 0.73 to 0.78B) decrease from 0.73 to 0.61C) increase from 1.54 to 1.67D) decrease from 1.67 to 1.545. Suppose that from a new checkable deposit, First National Bank holds two million dollarsin vault cash, one million dollars in required reserves, and faces a required reserve ratio of tenpercent. Given this information, we can say First National Bank has ________ million dollarsin excess reserves.A) oneB) twoC) nineD) ten6. If the required reserve ratio is one-third, currency in circulation is $300 billion, checkabledeposits are $900 billion, and there is no excess reserve, then the M1 money multiplier isA) 2.5.B) 2.8.C) 2.0.D) 0.67.7. The interest rate the Fed charges banks borrowing from the Fed is theA) federal funds rate.B) Treasury bill rate.C) discount rate.D) prime rate.8. The monetary base minus currency in circulation equalsA) reserves.B) the borrowed base.C) the nonborrowed base.D) discount loans.

Banks can expand reserves, and make more loans by:Multiple select question.attracting deposits and encouraging saving.paying lower interest rates.borrowing from the Federal Reserve.lowering their reserves.