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ECON5002 Tut 3
ECON5002 Tut 3
School of Economics
ECON5002
Tutorial 3 (Financial Markets)
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3. Suppose the following assumptions hold: The public holds no currency. The ratio of reserves
to deposits is 0.1. The demand for money is given by:
M d = $Y (0.8–4i)
Initially, the monetary base is $100 billion and nominal income is $5 trillion.