Posts Tagged ‘Spending

By: Andrea Terzi

No, it never does. The total amount of deposits in the banking system cannot change as a result of spending decisions by households or firms (technically, the “non-bank private sector”). Spending decisions can only move deposits from one account to another, and cannot cause a change in overall deposits.

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