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To: ABQHispConservative

If we had 100% reserve banking we wouldn’t need a lender of last resort. Instead we have fractional reserve banking (usually at 10%) which is a recipe for disaster. It makes loans easier to get, but that isn’t necessarily a good thing.


23 posted on 09/20/2008 10:05:13 PM PDT by djsherin
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To: djsherin
If we had 100% reserve banking we wouldn’t need a lender of last resort.

How would that work?

26 posted on 09/20/2008 10:11:27 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Let me apologize to begin with, let me apologize for what I'm about to say....)
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