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kangaroospyder t1_j5z3le8 wrote

That's not how that works... If you give the bank $1, and they have a 10% cash reserve requirement, they can keep $0.10 on hand, and only use the other $0.90 of your $1.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fractionalreservebanking.asp

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Odd-Pick7512 t1_j5z4twg wrote

You're arguing semantics or you have way too much faith in the systems ability to regulate itself. To a regulator that number would come out the same. They'd see the bank has one real dollar in cash and $9 in "investments" and that'd be the end of it because they're following the law. It doesn't matter that they literally just created money out of thin air. As long as the train keeps on chugging along it'll never come crashing down. Just like the 2008 crisis all over again.

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asdfgtttt t1_j64b6xj wrote

its not semantics, its how money gets created, the fed doesnt print money, banks generate loans, and do so through FRB. The fractions are fractions, not exponents as stated above, its different; especially in the framework that the markets are a ponzi, it should be more accurate - someone may read this in a year.

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