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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Monetary policy]]
* [[Monetary policy]]
* [[Money]]
* [[Money supply]]
* [[Reserve requirements]]
* [[Reserve requirements]]
* [[100% reserve banking]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 30 July 2022

Banking.

A required minimum ratio of vault cash and balances ('reserves') with the central bank to deposits taken by the bank that the central bank requires commercial banks to hold, where the required ratio is less than 100%.

This is the usual situation.


See also