Chartered bank loan policy

“When a chartered bank makes loans, it makes money; while loans are repaid, money is destroyed.”  Describe.

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Banks add to cheque account balances while they make loans; these chequable deposits are part of the money supply. People pay off loans through writing cheques; chequable deposits decrease, meaning the money supply drops. Money is “destroyed.”

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