Q1. Show how each of the following would initially affect a bank's assets and liabilities.
a. Someone makes a $10,000 deposit into a checking account.
b. A bank makes a loan of $1,000 by establishing a checking account for $1,000.
Q2. Suppose the money supply is currently $500 billion and the Fed wishes to increase it by $100 billion. Given a required reserve ratio of 0.25, what should it do? If it decided to change the money supply by changing the required reserve ratio, what change should it make?