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Re:German banks are hoarding so many euros they need more va... by AmericanChopper on Monday February 03, 2020 @06:27PM (#22230536)
I think liquidity might have been the word you were looking for, but your example was not an increase in money supply. Creating money and storing it in a bank account increases supply. Creating money and adding it to a banks reserves increases supply. Withdrawing cash and permanently storing it somewhere decreases supply. Increasing reserve requirements decreases supply. If the amount held in reserve goes up because a bank doesn’t want to loan, or charges too much for it, that decreases supply.

Inflation is entirely about the supply and demand for money. You were just calculating it wrong.

Re:German banks are hoarding so many euros they need more va... by smabie on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @12:05PM (#22238002)
Most economists look at the velocity and supply in order to calculate inflation for their models. If you want combine them into supply and demand, fine. But seperating the concepts is valuable. Moreover the velocity and liquidity of money are seperate concepts.