Sunday, March 29, 2015

Unit 4 - Banks

March 17, 2015
Key principles
  • A single bank can create money (through loans) by the amount of excess reserves.
  • The banking system as a whole can create money by a multiple (deposition money multiplier) of the initial reserves.
Initial deposit
New or existing money
Bank reserves
Immediate change in MS
Cash- money is created in the banking system only
Existing $
Increases
No; but composition of money charges. Cash to currency.
FED purchase of a bond from the public
New
Increases
Yes; money coming from the Fed puts new dollars in circulation
Bank purchase of a bond from public
New
Increase
Yes; money is coming from reserves which puts new money in circulation.

Factors that weaken the effectiveness of the deposit multiplier
  • If banks fail to loan out all of their ER.
  • If banks customers take loans in cash, rather than in new checking account deposits it creates a cash or currency drain.
The Money Market (Supply & Demand)
  • Demand of money has an inverse relationship between nominal interest rates and the quantity of money demanded.

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