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RE: The Mathematics of Fractional Reserve Banking

in #mathematics8 years ago

Not exactly. You are thinking that it just has to have 10% of deposits in cash on hand at the bank, but it means that they can actually loan out more money than what it has in cash on hand. It's like if you had $1000 in savings, you might be comfortable having a $10,000 car loan because it doesn't seem too risky.