ECON 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Classical Dichotomy, Reserve Requirement, Federal Reserve System
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Power is held by board of governors. Majority of funds are not kept on hand but rather loaned out. If a bank is only holds a certain percentage of reserves they can potentially run out of money before they run out of deposits. Can put a well off bank out of business. The feds manage the money supply also focused on targeting an interest rate. Banks can borrow reserves from the fed at an interest rate known as the discount rate: can change the reserve ratio, the higher interest rate the feds give the less incentive banks have to lend. The rate banks charge each other for short term loans (overnight) of reserves: extremely low since financial crisis. It cannot control how much currency the public holds relative to deposits. It sets min required reserves but banks can hold more. Leverage ratio- the ratio of assets to owners" equity.