Reply To: Fractional Reserve Banking Requirements

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woods
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The formula is 1 – [reserve requirement]. So in this case it could increase credit by 90%. Rothbard discusses this, and explains why your second option is incorrect, in chapter XI of The Mystery of Banking, online here: http://library.mises.org/books/Murray%20N%20Rothbard/Mystery%20of%20Banking.pdf