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Posts tagged as “Bank Run”

Calculating The Reserve Ratio

The reserve ratio is a key concept in fractional reserve banking and central bank policy, representing the proportion of a bank's deposits that it must hold in reserve, either in its vault or on deposit with the central bank.

Bank Runs Are Contagious

This creates a problem because banks operate on a fractional reserve system, meaning they don't keep all of their deposits in cash on hand. Instead, they lend out a majority of that money to borrowers or invest it in other assets.