Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Definition of a deposit-insurance currency

A deposit-insurance currency is any currency for which there are banks taking deposits in that currency which are able to increase the money supply. It is possible for a bank to increase the money supply if it can make loans with customer deposits and has deposit insurance. If a bank taking deposits in a particular currency is able to increase the money supply (of that currency) then that currency is said to be a deposit-insurance currency.

A currency for which this is not true is a safe currency.

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