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The double entry book keeping operation when a bank issues a new loan, is [debit loan, credit deposit account] creating deposit money. When a loan is securitze
by neffy 7y ago
The double entry book keeping operation when a bank issues a new loan, is [debit loan, credit deposit account] creating deposit money.
When a loan is securitzed (sold) by the bank, the DBE operations are:
[credit loan, debit deposit account of purchaser]
and the purchaser now owns loan. At this point strictly money has been removed from the banking system, but in practice the bank then recreates that money with a new loan (as above) because they are now within their regulatory lending requirements, and can issue a new loan. They can continue this indefinitely until the market for securitized loans dries up, which is effectively what happened in 2008.