If the nominal interest rate is the same as the real interest rate, then inflation must be:
-higher than the nominal rate of interest.
-zero.
-lower than the nominal rate of interest.
-negative.
Assume that $1.6 million is deposited into a bank with a reserve requirement of 5 percent.
What is the money supply as a result?
If the government decides to raise the reserve requirement to 10 percent, what is the value of the money supply in this case?
According to the Fisher equation, nominal interest rate = real interest rate + inflation rate. Hence, if the nominal and real interest rate are equal, it means that the inflation rate is zero.
Money supply = money multiplier * total deposits. Money multiplier = 1/ reserve requirement = 20.
Therefore money supply = 20 * 1.6 million = 32 million
If reserve requirement is now 10%, then money multiplier = 10.
Now, money supply = 10 * 1.6 million = 16 million.
Hence, as reserve requirement rises, the money supply in the economy decreases as reserves in banks go up.
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