Re:Follow the money: Apple vs. the FBI
by ThomPete on Monday March 28, 2016 @03:54PM
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"Because bank deposits are usually considered money in their own right, and because banks hold reserves that are less than their deposit liabilities, fractional-reserve banking permits the money supply to grow beyond the amount of the underlying reserves of base money originally created by the central bank.[1][3] In most countries, the central bank (or other monetary authority) regulates bank credit creation, imposing reserve requirements and capital adequacy ratios. This can limit the amount of money creation that occurs in the commercial banking system, and helps to ensure that banks are solvent and have enough funds to meet demand for withdrawals.[3]"
The point about Fractional reserve banking is to allow banks to create debt which is another way to create money. (Debt is money)
This is actually what a lot of people are missing. It's not money thats being created per se but debt (credit) which is the same thing but just in put in a different context.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking
The point about Fractional reserve banking is to allow banks to create debt which is another way to create money. (Debt is money)
This is actually what a lot of people are missing. It's not money thats being created per se but debt (credit) which is the same thing but just in put in a different context.