The Mechanics of Credit Creation in Banks: How Loans Expand the Money Supply

Most people believe that when they deposit $1,000 into a bank, that money sits in a vault until the bank finds a borrower to lend it to. In this traditional view, banks are merely “intermediaries” moving existing money between savers and borrowers. However, modern central banking data reveals a more startling reality: commercial banks create […]

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