A single commercial bank must meet a 25 percent reserve requirement. If the bank has no excess reserves initially and $5,000 of cash is deposited in the bank, it can increase its loans by a maximum of Group of answer choices $5,000. $1,250. $120,000. $3,750.

Respuesta :

Answer:

$3,750

Explanation:

Calculation to determine what it can increase its loans by

Using this formula

Loan increase=Excess reserves-(Reserve requirement percentage* Excess reserves)

Let plug in the formula

Loan increase=$5000-($25%*$5000)

Loan increase=$5,000-$1,250

Loan increase=3,750

Therefore it can increase its loans by a maximum of $3,750