top | item 33556572

(no title)

qnt | 3 years ago

Again no, neither of these are accurate. Modern banks do not operate on a fractional reserve basis at all. This is a falsehood peddled by well out of date undergrad econ textbooks

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/quarterly-bulletin/2014/q1/m...

discuss

order

JamesianP|3 years ago

I'm describing what fractional reserve means. Technically that fraction has been set to zero very recently so it is trivial though still not false. This was discussed a lot elsewhere on this board.

lupire|3 years ago

If that you say is true then banks could lend infinite money to their friends and never collect it.