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To: Toddsterpatriot; dollarbull
$200 billion in T-Bills added to reserves somehow creates $1 trillion in deposits.

It does (2T or more), but in the banking system as a whole, not in one bank. The 10% reserve requirement is lowered in special cases (which I would think there are more of at the moment).

365 posted on 03/15/2008 5:54:07 AM PDT by palmer
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To: palmer
$200 billion in T-Bills added to reserves somehow creates $1 trillion in deposits.

It does (2T or more), but in the banking system as a whole, not in one bank.

No, it doesn't. If the Fed bought $200 billion in T-Bills, the new cash added to the system would end up adding $2 trillion (use a different multiplier if you want to) to the money supply.

The debt swap doesn't have the same impact as new cash.

367 posted on 03/15/2008 8:54:54 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are goldbugs and protectionists so bad at math?)
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