What is reserve banking?
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A. Define money multiplier.
B. What is the value of the money multiplier in a system of 100% reserve banking?
C. What is the value of the money multiplier in a system of fractional reserve banking, if all money is held in the form of deposits?
D. Why is the money multiplier higher under fractional banking than under 100% reserve banking?
why is a fractional reserve banking system so unstable? Describe two ways in which government regulation has made the fractional reserve banking system possible. Make sure you explain how the fractional reserve system is brought about. Also, how would a complete free market with regard to the monetary and banking system (i.e., no government fiat money, no Federal Reserve, no Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and no regulations of the banking and monetary system whatsoever) eliminate the fractional reserve banking system? Finally, how does the government directly and indirectly create inflation?
What is Fractional-reserve banking?