Posts Tagged ‘Bank

By: Andrea Terzi

The total amount of bank deposits has nothing to do with the saving attitude, or with the spending decisions, of bank accounts’ holders. A new bank deposit can only be created through two main channels. In one, deposits are born twins with bank loans to the non-bank private sector (households or firms). In the other, deposits are born twins with bank reserves as a result of payments made by the public sector (Treasury or Central bank) to the non-bank private sector. A third process, yet smaller in importance, is when the banking sector makes net payments to the non-bank private sector.

Read the rest of this entry »


3rd Mecpoc symposium

When: 20 April 2010

Where: Franklin Auditorium

  • John: Mr. Mosler - I understand and agree with your explanation of the U.S. monetary system. I also agree [...]
  • Zachary Levy: "And without a switch to a command type economy, it’s impossible to have complete full employment. [...]
  • warren mosler: The Russian default was a typical fixed exchange rate blowup. The ruble was fixed at 6.45 to the [...]
  • Robert Searle: I think when we are talking about banks, and money we are actually discussing ELECTRONIC DATA. T [...]
  • Jonathan Stanford: Was the foreign USD debt burden enough to bring Russia to insolvency during the 1998 crisis? Because [...]