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Comment by qnt

Not at all.

When you get a loan, the bank creates a liability and deposit out of thin air. The deposit is a "demand deposit", which is effectively equivalent and fungible to central-bank-backed currency (hence the term "money" usually applies to both, though they are different things).

The bank needs no existing customer deposits to create a demand deposit and liability in your account.

You should run through your example again, except begin by creating a loan, rather than first beginning by a customer lending the bank a deposit.

The BoE article linked above is absolutely correct.

parent qnt 4 years ago

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