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True, in that sense you're essentially forcing the bank to make a loan they didn't intend to make (which does indeed expand the broad money supply). If the ban
by ef4 13y ago
True, in that sense you're essentially forcing the bank to make a loan they didn't intend to make (which does indeed expand the broad money supply).
If the bank had sufficient excess reserves, other banks would honor the new money. And today most banks do have big excess reserves (which is historically unusual).