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If you withdraw Rs. 1,00,000 in cash from your Demand Deposit Account at your bank, the immediate effect on aggregate money supply in the economy will be

Correct Answer D. to leave it unchanged

Explanation

In monetary economics, the narrow aggregate money supply (M1) is formulated as the sum of currency held by the public and demand deposits held with commercial banks:

– Money Supply (M1) = Currency with the Public (C) + Demand Deposits with Banks (DD) + Other Deposits with RBI (OD).
– When an individual withdraws Rs 1,00,000 in physical cash from their bank savings/current account, the Demand Deposits (DD) decrease by Rs 1,00,000 while the Currency with the Public (C) increases by the exact same Rs 1,00,000.
– Because this transaction represents a mere reallocation of funds between the two constituent components of M1, the total sum remains constant.

Therefore, the immediate effect on aggregate money supply is to leave it unchanged — Option D.

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