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The Central Bank Balance Sheet: Asset Purchases, Reserves and Bank Liquidity

Lesson 6 of 816 minLab

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You book five fictional operations on a central bank balance sheet, find the change in bank reserves as the balancing item, roll the balance sheet forward, check that it still balances and measure the banks' excess reserves.

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