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How many ten dollar bills do you put in a bank bundle?
100, which will give you a $1,000 strap. A "bank bundle" as you put it is called a Fed Strap because that is how the treasury department sends the money to the banks. All denominations in Fed Straps are 100 bills per strap.
What is a liability for the central bank?
If they issue treasury bonds (in the case of the US Fed).
The Fed sells 5 billion worth of Treasury bonds on the open market?
It would stay the same gurrrl
Can depository institutions create money using their excess reserves to loan money?
Yes. They can sell their reserves, which are really just deposits by banks at the Federal Reserve, to other banks or simply withdraw them from the Fed, replacing them with cash, and make loans with that cash or buy lending assets such as bonds. See "fractional reserve lending".Considering the record rise in reserves, we should expect a veritable tsunami of lending any minute. Commercial banks are holding a record proportion of cash predominantly in the form of those reserve deposits at the Fed. They're holding so much that they actually stand to lose money if they don't lend because of the cost of their liabilities versus the next to 0% rates of revenue from those excess reserves. See "borrow short, lend long" and "net interest margin".Another view holds that the currently high level of reserves on deposit with the Fed ($1.08T as of 10/28/09) will not be reduced without an explicit change in Fed or Treasury policy. The Fed only has a capital level of $52.5B as of 10/28/09. Therefore a material reduction in the amount of reserves would require a concurrent reduction in assets or an offsetting increase in liabilities to maintain the solvency of the Fed's balance sheet. A significant reduction in assets would require the sale of Treasuries and Agency securities held by the Fed and therefore a reversal of current Fed policy to purchase such securities to lower interest rates for mortgages. Prior examples of increased liabilities include the Treasury's Supplemental Financing Program(SPF) begun in September 2008 where Treasuries were sold and the proceeds deposited with the Fed in a special account. Recent constraints imposed by the current debt ceiling of $12.1T have led to reductions in the SPF account and offsetting increases in the level of reserves on deposit. From this point of view, the arrival of any tsunami of new lending will necessarily be preceded by explicit policy changes that should not be expected before an increase in the debt ceiling at least $500B over annual deficit requirements of about $1.4T or a Fed announcement that Treasury and Agency sales are to begin.High-powered money has doubled in the US in a 3 month period or so. All of that new cash is powerful enough to double the amount of credit in the US, currently $55t.This is all safe, for the moment, because we are rapidly deflating. Once we start inflating again, Mr. Bernanke will sell the assets on the Fed's balance sheet, and things will return to normal, removing the record amount of cash in the US.
Is a 1988A series one dollar bill rare?
1988-A $1 bills were produced by an experimental "web-fed" press so they're very slightly different from most other $1s, leading to the belief that they're worth more. However, so many were made and the differences are so slight that they sell for essentially the same amount as 1988 bills with no series letter: essentially no extra value in circulated condition, and $2 to $3 uncirculated.
What is the result of recent open-market operations by the Federal Reserve System?
In 2004 the Fed made $7.55 trillion of purchases and $7.51 trillion of sales of Treasury securities (mostly short-term Treasury bills). As of June 2005, the Fed held $721.92 billion of U.S. Treasury securities
What happens to the secondary market when the fed buys treasury bonds?
Prices tend to go up as demand has increased.
What does the Fed do for the U.S Treasury?
For example, the Fed acts as the Treasury's fiscal agent by putting paper money and coins into circulation, handling Treasury securities, and maintaining a checking account for the Treasury's receipts and payments.
How many ten dollar bills do you put in a bank bundle?
100, which will give you a $1,000 strap. A "bank bundle" as you put it is called a Fed Strap because that is how the treasury department sends the money to the banks. All denominations in Fed Straps are 100 bills per strap.
The fed buys 5 billion worth of treasury bonds on the open market what effect does this have on the money supply?
The Fed sells $5 billion worth of Treasury bonds on the open market.
When cigarette's are taxed by the fed's where does the money go?
Into the United States Treasury.
Who is The chief spokesperson for US monetary policy?
The Chairman of the Fed and the Secretary of Treasury
What is a liability for the central bank?
If they issue treasury bonds (in the case of the US Fed).
What best explains why the money supply is increased when the Fed buys Treasury bonds?
When the Fed buys Treasury bonds, it increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts.The purchase of bonds increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts, which enables banks to loan more money
What explains why the money supply is increased when the Feds buy treasury bonds?
When the Fed buys Treasury bonds, it increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts.The purchase of bonds increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts, which enables banks to loan more money
What best explains why the money supply increased when the fed buys treasury bonds?
When the Fed buys Treasury bonds, it increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts. The purchase of bonds increases the amount of deposits in people's bank accounts, which enables banks to loan more money
What is services the fed performs for the treasury department?
It processes payments, such as Social Security checks.
