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by JamesianP 1315 days ago
I'm describing what fractional reserve means. Technically that fraction has been set to zero very recently so it is trivial though still not false. This was discussed a lot elsewhere on this board.
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If that you say is true then banks could lend infinite money to their friends and never collect it.
Well, except the friend part the money supply has never shrunk so far.