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Re:Google to delay portion of staff bonus by jakehansen on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:25AM (#34449579)
Is there an easy way to understand how the lack of a reserve requirement does't turn banks into infinite money machines?

Edit: Perhaps banks are infinite money machines, but what consequences do banks face that prevent them from writing blank checks?

Re:Google to delay portion of staff bonus by nullish_signal on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:48AM (#34449685)
Consequences? Those are for Plebeians, since the Federal Reserve can just print more money.

From 2020: "Inflation Baked In As U.S. Money Supply Explodes" https://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2020/06/26/inflation-b...

"A 33% increase in M1 (the most liquid portions of the money supply) in the last 12 months. A 105% increase (if you annualize it) in the last three months to May. You’d say that’s a 33% inflation rate baked in, right now."

Re:Google to delay portion of staff bonus by totony on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:29AM (#34449848)
They have eliminated reserve requirement, but there still are capital requirements.