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Economics and finance Macroeconomics Financial sector Banking and the expansion of the money supply

Banking and the expansion of the money supply

    • Overview of fractional reserve banking
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    • Money creation in a fractional reserve system
    • Weaknesses of fractional reserve lending
    • Full reserve banking
    • Simple fractional reserve accounting (part 1)
    • Simple fractional reserve accounting (part 2)
    • Lesson summary: banking and the expansion of the money supply
    • Practice: Fractional reserve banking
    • Practice: The money multiplier
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    The money market
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Economics and finance·Macroeconomics·Financial sector· Banking and the expansion of the money supply

Overview of fractional reserve banking

Banking and the expansion of the money supply

    • Overview of fractional reserve banking
      This is the currently selected item.
    • Money creation in a fractional reserve system
    • Weaknesses of fractional reserve lending
    • Full reserve banking
    • Simple fractional reserve accounting (part 1)
    • Simple fractional reserve accounting (part 2)
    • Lesson summary: banking and the expansion of the money supply
    • Practice: Fractional reserve banking
    • Practice: The money multiplier
    Next lesson
    The money market
Money creation in a fractional reserve system
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