The banks are under the assumption that the funds of an individual receiving a loan approval will not remain in a debtors account. Therefore, bank anticipates the check and debits will be withdrawn against it causing the bank to lose reserves to other financial institutes as the authorizations are offered for payment. As a result the bank will end up with a negative cash reserve if they are lending out more than the legal excess reserves. …show more content…
Since, the M1 money supply which consist of currency within the hands of the public and other municipal checking account deposit changes the form of the money’s supply because, of the legal cash reserve requirement. However, if the money is deposited into a different account say for instance a saving account the M1 will fall but not the M2.
Federal funds interest rates are charges in contrast of one bank to another of the overnight loans in order to meet the reserve requirements. Prime interest rates are charges towards loans given to reliable debtors by the bank.
The tight money policy successfully increased the prime interest rate. While banks showed signs of delay in the growth of investment, depletion, and aggregate demand at a noninflationary pace due to Federal Reserve’s encouraging them to raise their prime interest