> The banks then borrow government money overnight to settle accounts.
Maybe that’s already implied in your description but they don’t need to borrow from anyone if they had enough reserves to start with.
Maybe that’s already implied in your description but they don’t need to borrow from anyone if they had enough reserves to start with.
Economists actually refer to the USD in your account as bank money because it did not come from the government. You could just as easily think of that money in your account as a bank issued stablecoin pegged to the dollar that's convertible to dollars.