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Comment by Danieru

You are confused about how fractional reserve works.

The 10x multiplier is on the bank's equity. For every dollar of home loan there is a dollar or more of deposits.

The multiplier effect of fraction reserve occurs over iterated loans and depositing. The fraction term comes in because the bank can lend out a fraction, less than 1, of deposits.

parent Danieru 3 years ago

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