credit creation and money multiplier Flashcards

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credit creation

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-how banks can create money
-bank in middle: savers deposit money and get rates of return, banks create loans from savings and gives loans (interest rates charged to borrowers> return to savers)
-money given to lenders put back into the bank

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money multiplier

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1/reserve ratio

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