Sunday, March 29, 2015

Unit 4: Notes and Need-To-Knows 3.6.2015

Reserve Ratio = commercial Bank req. Reserves / Commercial banks

Excess reserves = actual reserves / required reserves

Required reserves = checkable deposits x Reserve ratio

Assets:
  • Reserves: RR - % required by Fed. to keep on hand to meet demand.
  • Excess Reserves - % reserves over and above the amount needed to satisfy minimum reserve ratio set by FED.
  • Loans to firms, consumers, and other banks.
  • Loans to govt = treasury securities
  • Bank property : if bank fails, you can liquidate the property.

Liabilities:
  • Demand Deposits : money put into the banks.
  • Timed deposits : CDs
  • Loans from: federal reserves and other banks.
  • Shareholders equity : to set up a bank, you must invest your own money in it to have a stake in the banks success or failure.

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