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Re:Central Bank Digital Currencies are coming by neilwilson on Sunday October 18, 2020 @04:20PM (#24820811)
Banks don’t lend out money from central banks. Never have.

Banks can only store reserves in accounts at the central bank because only banks can have such accounts.

What they get is money from the central bank in interest for holding those reserves and that effectively subsides lending a bit - at least until the interest rate drops so low that people are tempted to draw out cash

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