Talk:Reserve requirement/Archives/2012

Comments
This page, along with most other economic pages, should be more aplia friendly  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.194.150.148 (talk) 02:31, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Merge with Reserve ratio
Looks like the two terms are describing the same thing. If you agree, what title should the article take - reserve ratio or reserve requirements? --nirvana2013 18:59, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


 * They are not quite the same. Reserve requirements is a more general term. These requirements are typically expressed as a ratio, however there are several ratios involved in the reserve requirements of most countries. I agree that the two articles could be merged, but both titles should be maintained in the navigation system.   mydogategodshat 02:31, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Liquidity ratio?
I was searching liquidity ratio and redirected here. This is not right at all as this ratio I know is about accouting and has nothing to do with bank. Anyone keen to start this article? --203.118.189.122 04:07, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Money "Creation"
All attracted funds are subject to recerves (current accounts, savings accounts and time deposits etc...) only some hybrid derivatives are excluded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.91.217.55 (talk) 11:53, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I changed: Thus, higher reserve requirements should result in reduced money creation and, in turn, in reduced economic activity.

To: Thus, higher reserve requirements should result in reduced M2 and, in turn, in reduced economic activity. This process does not "create" money per se, because all deposits and loans are accounted for with a series of debits and credits. M0 remains unchanged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.190.4.18 (talk • contribs)
 * This is incorrect. M2 covers savings accounts which are not subject to reserve requirements.  Also, this process does create money, to the extent that transaction deposits are money. I am reverting your change - Crosbiesmith 22:21, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Money is NOT created. You are wrong, sir. An equal amount of money owed is lent. Using words such as "create" are extremely deceptive.


 * Read this part, sir:
 * "If the reserve requirement is 10%, for example, a bank that receives a $100 cash deposit can lend up to $90 of that deposit, keeping only a $10 cash deposit within the bank. If the borrower then writes a check to someone who deposited the $90, the bank receiving that deposit can lend out $81. As this fractional-reserve banking process continues, the banks can expand the initial deposit of $100 into a maximum of $1,000 of money ($100+$90+81+$72.90+...=$1,000). "
 * $900 is created, under this scenario. It exists as long as this new money is either deposited or circulating. Circulating, you ask? Well, this will happen after deposit: a payee deposits the check from the borrower so that it can be spent - but loans backed by all these deposits are still outstanding, even after depositors withdraw the money. So, again, as long as it's either deposited or circulating, there exists $1000 where before there was only the original depositor's $100. The paying back of all the loans eliminates the money again, but, since loan paybacks free the bank to re-lend against the deposits again, it's more or less perpetual, until policies drive banks to reduce the lending (higher ratio) or drive borrowers to reduce the borrowing (increased loan expenses [interest]). Please read more at Money creation. 198.49.180.254 23:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

The description of money creation is misleading. Banks don't make loans from their reserves. The comment above about banks not creating money is incorrect. Banks do create new money. See the following document from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for a more detailed description: http://landru.i-link-2.net/monques/mmm2.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.118.155.104 (talk) 04:40, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

New reserve ratio for banks
See Regulators agree 7% capital ratio for banks. Also, does this article need merging with Tier 1 capital? 81.151.208.49 (talk) 21:20, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

No - Capital Ratios and Reserve Ratios (or Reserve Requirements) are different things. A capital ratio (of which Tier 1 Capital forms a part) is a ratio of the owner's (shareholder's) equity in the business to the amount of deposits (basically, it's risk weighted but the specifics aren't important). A reserve ratio is the ratio of deposits held as cash (or deposited with a central bank) to the total amount of deposits. In summary, Reserve Requirements and Capital Requirements are different things and Tier 1 Capital is just one component of Capital Requirements. That artcile is about Capital reform and is irrelevant to Reserve requirements. 203.31.52.137 (talk) 06:04, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

What is a Net transaction account ?
I've looked all over the internet, and can't find any sources that explain what a net transaction account is. Also, I'm trying to figure out whether the reserve requirement is on a per-account basis, or if the reserve requirement is only relevant for the total amount of deposits a bank has. Anyone know? 98.207.156.179 (talk) 05:51, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

What is a Net transaction account ?
I've looked all over the internet, and can't find any sources that explain what a net transaction account is. Also, I'm trying to figure out whether the reserve requirement is on a per-account basis, or if the reserve requirement is only relevant for the total amount of deposits a bank has. Anyone know? Fresheneesz (talk) 06:05, 5 November 2010 (UTC)


 * The reserve requirement is based on the total deposits of a bank. Well, mostly, some deposits can be excluded, but that's getting way, way techinical.  In general, it's pretty accurate to say "total deposits".  Net transaction accounts are defined by the Fed as "Total transaction accounts consists of demand deposits, automatic transfer service (ATS) accounts, NOW accounts, share draft accounts, telephone or preauthorized transfer accounts, ineligible bankers acceptances, and obligations issued by affiliates maturing in seven days or less. Net transaction accounts are total transaction accounts less amounts due from other depository institutions and less cash items in the process of collection. For a more detailed description of these deposit types, see Form FR 2900 at http://www.federalreserve.gov/reportforms/default.cfm"  See this page, it's footnote 1 on the table.  Ravensfire ( talk ) 16:47, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Difference between Reserve Ratio and Reserve Rate
This article does not cover the difference between the reserve ratio and the reserve rate. Lots of people seem to have these two things very confused.

The Reserve Ratio is how much money can be lent from reserves. The Reserve Rate on the other hand is how much of an initial deposit becomes reserves. These two concepts are completely unrelated. The Reserve Ratio does not determine the Reserve Rate in any way, shape, or form. This article could use some clarification on this topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Javalizard (talk • contribs) 22:35, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

CAR section removal
I don't see any rationale for that whole section being in this article. By the definition at the top of the page, reserve requirements are regulations requiring a minimum amount of reserve kept, where that minimum is set as a ratio of stored fiat currency to customer deposits/notes. Capital adequacy ratio, however, appears to be a requirement that banks retain a minimum amount of capital compared to their total risk. That seems to me to be a very significantly different concept. Plus, capital adequacy ratio has it's article, so, even if that info is related to this article, at most we should have a 1 paragraph summary with at "Main" template link. Qwyrxian (talk) 06:24, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Remove issue tags?
I believe I've dealt with the issues listed, but as a relatively new editor I don't feel comfortable removing the tags. Could someone review my edit vis-à-vis the tags? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattmatt1987 (talk • contribs) 17:07, 28 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I took them out. Thanks for your help on clarifying and wikifying a lot of that information!  It's a great feeling (for me, anyway) to see such old tags corrected and removed.  I feel like I'm actually accomplishing something. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:22, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Glad to help.--Mattmatt1987 (talk) 23:01, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Exponential?
"The effect is exponential." Seems to me the money creation is up to 1/(reserve ration). This is not technical an exponential relationship. Zvis (talk) 05:42, 27 May 2011 (UTC)