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Economics, 15/e
Campbell R. McConnell, University of Nebraska, Emeritus
Stanley L. Brue, Pacific Lutheran University
Chapter 14 How Banks and Thrifts Create Money
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Web-Based Questions
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Web-Based Questions
- Web-Based Question: How’s your own bank doing? Go to the FDIC’s website,
www.fdic.gov, and select Individual Banks. The FDIC’s "Institution
Directory" provides demographic data and financial profiles for each
FDIC-insured institution. Use the directory to look up the financial statement
of your personal bank or one in your community. How has it performed over
the past year in the following categories: net worth, total assets, total
liabilities, short-term liabilities, net income, number of employees, and
number of branches?
- Web-Based Question: Assets and liabilities
of all commercial banks in the United States The Federal Reserve, at
www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h8/about.htm, provides an aggregate
balance sheet for commercial banks in the United States. Check the current
release, and look in the asset column for "Loans and leases." Rank
the following components of loans and leases in terms of size: commercial
and industrial, real estate, consumer, security, and other. Over the past
12 months, which component has increased by the largest percentage? By the
largest absolute amount? Has the net worth (assets less liabilities) of all
commercial banks in the United States increased, decreased, or remained constant
during the past year?
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