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If all the banks in an economy are nationalized and converted into a monopoly bank, the total deposits

  • A.Will decrease
  • B.Will increase
  • C.Will neither increase nor decrease
  • D.None of the above

Answer: C

Total deposits would neither increase nor decrease.

The deposits of the banking system as a whole depend on the cash base and the reserve ratio, not on how many banks share the business. Merging them changes only the internal transfers between banks; the aggregate credit creation is unchanged.

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